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Next month marks fifty years since the death of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. All month long, the APR news team is looking at King’s…
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As the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior this weekend, southern states are banding together to promote civil rights tourism. Fourteen states…
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A motel room once used by Martin Luther King Jr. to plan landmark civil rights protests is the centerpiece of a new national monument in Alabama.President…
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The first black person to attend the University of Alabama, Autherine Lucy Foster, is among four people who are being honored as the newest members of the…
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The industry group Public Radio News Directors, Incorporated named Alabama Public Radio the winner of two first place “PRNDI” awards. These prestigious…
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The life-size bronze sculpture of Rosa Parks has received a makeover.With the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott on Tuesday, sculptor Erik…
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This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when civil rights marchers were set upon by Alabama state police troopers and a sheriff’s posse…
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Title: Better Than Them: The Unmaking of an Alabama RacistAuthor: S. McEachin OttsForward by Gaillard FryePublisher: NewSouth Books Pages: 158Price:…
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It’s tax season and university students across the state are rolling up their sleeves to help taxpayers manage all the paperwork.The group Impact Alabama…
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More than 20 people, including civil rights leaders and ministers, have marched around the state Capitol and Statehouse in the first day of a seven-day…