A chance meeting led to the birth of a powerful music duo that’s been making rounds in the River Region, including a couple of local gigs this weekend.
The Lacy-Todd Duo (Lacy Lynn and Todd Fulmer) perform in Prattville on Friday at Adrienne’s Downtown Bar from 9 p.m.-midnight. After a little bit of sleep, they’ll be back in action the next morning from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Riverwalk Stadium’s Club Car Bar during the 17th annual Autism Crawfish Boil in downtown Montgomery.
Lynn and Fulmer met thanks to a house party held by another of Montgomery s music greats, Wyatt Edmondson.
George Wallace Jr. slams UA System board for removing father s name from UAB building Share Updated: 2:18 PM CST Feb 10, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 2:18 PM CST Feb 10, 2021
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Show Transcript on behalf of our working group. We appreciate this opportunity to update the board of trustees on the careful research we ve undertaken since June off this year. So we re over, ah, half a year of work meeting almost every Wednesday of week, based upon consultation with experts and through our own extensive investigation. Working group review The historical record of George Wallace, the 45th governor of the state of Alabama. Now, in doing so, our charge was review name buildings on our campuses relative to share values that include integrity, leadership, accountability, diversity, inclusion and respect. Of course, this process is ongoing. Today we present for your consideration the renaming of the George C. Wallace build
Feb 9, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The University of Alabama at Birmingham has removed the name of four-term governor and presidential candidate George C. Wallace from a campus building over his support of racial segregation.
A resolution unanimously approved by trustees Friday said Wallace rose to power by defending racial separation and stoking racial animosity. While noting Wallace’s eventual renouncement of racist policies, the resolution said his name remains a symbol of racial injustice for many.
A UAB building that was named after Wallace in 1975 will now be called simply the Physical Education Building. Removing Wallace’s name from the structure “is simply the right things to do,” trustee John England Jr. said in a statement.
A resolution was unanimously approved by the the University of Alabama System on Friday, to rename the former George C. Wallace Building to the Physical Education Building.