Tag: racist
Federal Judge Rejects Jeffco’s Move to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Whether District...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Jefferson County’s attempts to dismiss a case challenging the commission’s districts as racial gerrymandering.
The...
Carol McKinstry, Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor, on the ‘Hurt And Grief’
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Carol Maull McKinstry, 15 years old in 1963, had been a member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church since the...
Jefferson County Responds to Lawsuit from Black Voters Alleging Racial Gerrymandering
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A national Civil Rights law organization and a local Birmingham law firm on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging the Jefferson County...
In Washington, Mayor Woodfin Calls Out GOP Rep. for Comparing Cannabis...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Testifying before a House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin called out a GOP Congressman who compared the...
NAACP Slams Sen. Tuberville For ‘Utterly Sickening’ Racist Remark
Lydia O'Connor
yahoo.com
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s comments comparing Black people to criminals were “flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening,” the NAACP’s president said Monday.
“His words promote a...
University of Alabama to remove KKK leader’s name from hall
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
University of Alabama trustees voted Friday to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from...
Alabama judge booted for racist, inappropriate behavior
By JAY REEVES
AP News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge who oversees elections in an Alabama county was removed from office after being accused of...
Ramsay High grad sheds light on Alabama’s racial violence in new...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Memorial, a play written by Birmingham native Quinton Cockrell, will highlight the “racial violence in Alabama” with its debut at...
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered in Alabama
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama...
Hoover Schools investigating students who used racist slurs
Times staff report
A video that surfaced on Facebook over the weekend of Hoover City School students using racial slurs against blacks and debating the...
