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"We remember Dr. King, too." An audio postcard from West Africa

By APR Guest Reporter Ousmane Sagara • Apr 1, 2018

This Wednesday marks fifty years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. Throughout March, the APR news team is reporting on King’s work and impact here in Alabama. The event is being remembered in the United States, but not just in the U.S. Alabama Public Radio participated in a visiting journalist program last year with the West African nation of Mali. That’s where the APR news team met Ousmane Sagara. His home country has its own relationship with Dr. King. We invited Sagara to file this report from Mali’s capitol city.

"The Believers..." Alabamians Remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert E. Lee

By APR Student Reporter Allison Mollenkamp • Apr 1, 2018

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 work and impact here in Alabama. Each year, America honors King on the third Monday in January. The nation takes a day off work and school to remember his accomplishments. Alabama is one of only two states that also celebrates another man on the same day as Dr. King.

“He asked a question: why do we celebrate Robert E. Lee’s birthday?”

Historic Montgomery Building to be Hotel

By • Sep 25, 2016

 A 100-year-old building in downtown Montgomery is expected to be turned into hotel.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the wedge-shaped Bishop-Parker building across from Riverwalk Stadium will be turned into a Springhill Suites hotel. Developers plan to spend $14 million on the project.  

Renovation work will start near the end of the year and take about 14 months. One of the developers says the exterior will remain mostly untouched to keep the building's "historic charm" to balance the "modern and urban feel."