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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....

www.bplonline.org The Birmingham Public Library will host a series of events over the next week at 14 different locations to culminate its 2019 celebration of...

Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Throngs of people converged in the city of Selma, Alabama, for the annual re-enactment of a key event in...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times A bipartisan delegation of Congressional members - blacks and whites; Democrats and Republicans; men and women -- on Friday  toured...

By Kim Chandler and Jay Reeves Associated Press SELMA, Ala. — The mayor of Selma refused to back down last week in a fight that has...

By Monique Jones The Birmingham Times The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church are among the 39 historical and preservation projects in...

By Jeff Martin Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A company that sought to redevelop a historic hotel overlooking the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama -...

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...

'His Truth is Marching On'.....Selma's 50th Bloody Sunday Commemoration in the Eyes of Birmingham City Councilors Thousands of citizens representing every walk of life transcended...

CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 20 SATURDAY, March 21 Selma, AL. — 40th Historic Selma Pilgrimage.   Tour historic homes and churches with 150th anniversary Civil War-to-50th anniversary Civil...