Tag: Montgomery
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sexual assault conviction overturned
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in...
Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks
By Dankin Andone
CNN
(CNN)-Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for...
Steven Reed Sworn in an First Black Mayor of Montgomery, Ala.
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was sworn in Tuesday as the capital city's first African American leader.
Reed took the oath...
Montgomery elects Steven Reed as first black mayor
CBS/AP
Alabama's capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first...
Congressional leaders in Birmingham for Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Many of Alabama’s political leaders, locally and nationally, gathered Friday in Birmingham for the 26th annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage....
Alabama State University Fires Head Football Coach Brian Jenkins
Associated Press
Alabama State fired coach Brian Jenkins on Friday following an 0-5 start to the season and said associate head coach Donald Hill-Eley will...
Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington ends bid for Alabama Governor
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington announced today that he is ending his campaign for governor of Alabama.
Carrington had announced his...
Congressional delegation tours Birmingham during Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
A bipartisan delegation of Congressional members - blacks and whites; Democrats and Republicans; men and women -- on Friday toured...
Selma to Montgomery trail leads to Alabama, national history
By Erin Harney
Alabama NewsCenter
The National Park Service (NPS) turned 100 years old this year. Over the past century, the organization has grown from 35...
Lawsuit seeks to overturn Alabama’s felon voting rights ban
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama's policy of stripping convicted felons' of their right to vote.
The Greater...
