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  •  Len Strozier, of Omega Mapping Services, scans the Old Prewett Slave Cemetery in Northport, Alabama
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    Alabama voters head to the polls next month. One ballot item could end slavery in the state. Alabama’s constitution still allows forced labor, one hundred and fifty seven years after the thirteenth amendment abolished the practice. That’s not the only lasting impact of slavery in Alabama. APR spoke with the descendants of some of estimated four hundred thousand people enslaved here around the Civil War. Many say they can’t find the burial sites of their ancestors, due to unmarked graves or bad records kept by their white captors. Alabama Public Radio news spent nine months looking into efforts to find and preserve slave cemeteries in the state. APR’s Pat Duggins has part one of our series we call “No Stone Unturned.”
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    Alabama voters head to the polls for the midterm elections next week. One ballot item would abolish slavery in the state. The vote takes place one hundred and fifty seven years after the thirteenth amendment ended the practice nationally. Historians say many of the estimated four hundred thousand enslaved people, who were freed, chose to live out their lives in Alabama. APR spoke to some of their descendants who say they’re still dealing with the impact of the slave trade. The Alabama Public Radio newsroom spent nine months investigating one aspect of that. Namely, the effort to preserve slave cemeteries in the state.
  • The Alabama Public Radio newsroom collaborated with the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television on the still unfolding story of the State's "children of Chernobyl" program. This includes promotional spots like this one on social media on part three of our podcast.
  • The Alabama Public Radio newsroom collaborated with the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television on the still unfolding story of the State's "children of Chernobyl" program. This includes promotional spots like this one on social media for part 2 of the podcast.
  • Alabama Public Radio and the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television used vintage video to promote part 1 of the podcast "When Vanya Came Home."
  • Next week marks thirty five years since the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. The 1986 explosion in the Soviet nation of Ukraine sent radioactive fallout drifting north over the neighboring country of Belarus. That’s where families in Alabama stepped in. During the years 1999 and 2000, over two hundred Belarusian children were flew to the State for medical treatment and a chance to get away from the shadow of Chernobyl. Alabama Public Radio and the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television collaborated for close to two years to tell this story. This may have been twenty years ago, but the family connections still appear strong.
  • "...it's me, Vanya."
    Today marks 35 years since the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. The 1986 explosion in the Soviet nation of Ukraine sent radioactive fallout drifting north over the neighboring country of Belarus. That’s where families in Alabama stepped in.
  • Alabama faces Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl semi-final game ahead of this season's college football championship. The Crimson Tide defeated the Fighting…
  • Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Radio Series, titled “Alabama Human Trafficking.” The two member Alabama…
  • Best Investigative "Alabama, Human Trafficking, and the Web" Alabama Public Radio
    Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Radio Investigation, titled “Alabama, Human Trafficking, and the Web.” The…
  • (OPP, Ala.)-- Multiple festivals are taking place across the state as Alabama celebrates its bicentennial. But there is an event that takes place every…
  • Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Radio Feature Story, titled “When your sex trafficker is family.” The two…