APR investigation wins national award apr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
HANCEVILLE — The future of the Wallace State Library may be in question as the college plans for a number of new building projects and continues to expand its “digital
Black Heritage Fair Set for Feb 4 in Downtown Birmingham birminghamtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from birminghamtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.