Nearly 50 years after their deaths shocked a nation and became a vital catalyst in the civil rights movement, the “four little girls” killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., will receive the Congressional Gold Medal. The House voted yesterday to award the girls the nation’s highest civilian honor. Addie Mae [...]
House Approves Congressional Gold Medal for ‘Four Little Girls’ Killed 50 Years Ago
April 25, 2013 | Posted by
Alabama Officials Pardon Scottsboro Boys 82 Years After Injustice
April 8, 2013 | Posted by
Eighty-two years ago, all-white juries in Alabama imposed the death sentence on eight black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women, setting the stage for a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Now, the Scottsboro boys are poised to be pardoned. Jeremy King, a spokesman for Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, said he expects the bill [...]
Scottsboro Boys Pardon Nears as Alabama Comes to Terms With Past
April 4, 2013 | Posted by
The Alabama House is to vote on final passage of a bill to clear the names of the Scottsboro Boys. The action comes more than 80 years after the nine young black men were convicted by all-white juries of raping two white women. Legislation allowing the state parole board to issue the pardons posthumously is [...]
Joe Biden Joins ‘Bloody Sunday’ Demonstrators In Selma
March 4, 2013 | Posted by
Vice president Joe Biden joined civil rights leaders and lawmakers on a demonstration over the weekend commemorating the “Blood Sunday” voting rights march that turned violent in Selma, Ala. almost 50 years ago. Biden and several southern congressmen along with Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who was present for the original march, returned to Selma for [...]
Birmingham Marks 50th Anniversary of Turbulent Civil Rights Summer of ’63
January 21, 2013 | Posted by
Birmingham made history in 1963, and in 2013 the Alabama city will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the events that led to the 1964 Civil Rights Bill and the beginning of the end of racial segregation in the South. In the summer of 1963, black residents held sit-ins at whites-only lunch counters to challenge Jim [...]
Georgia QB Aaron Murray Institutes Media Boycott
November 26, 2012 | Posted by
Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray will not speak to the media this week as he and the No. 3 Bulldogs prepare for their SEC Championship Game Saturday in Atlanta against No. 2 Alabama, with the winner going on to face Notre Dame for the National Championship. The school said Monday that Murray met with coach Mark [...]
John L. Smith Will Not Return to Arkansas Next Season
November 24, 2012 | Posted by
John L. Smith will not return as head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks after lasting one season with the program. He led the team to an overall record of 4-8 and 2-6 in South Eastern Conference play. Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long made the announcement Saturday about the program’s decision to move in a different [...]
Upsets Shake Up College Football Landscape; Irish To Be No. 1
November 18, 2012 | Posted by
Kansas State and Oregon — the top two teams in the country going into Saturday’s action — both came tumbling down, while Notre Dame moved to 11-0 and certainly will elevate to the No. 1 program in the nation for the first time since 1993 when the new BCS poll is released on Monday. KSU [...]
Kevin Sumlin Leads Texas A&M Historic Upset of Alabama
November 11, 2012 | Posted by
Coach Kevin Sumlim and Heisman Trophy candidate Johnny Manziel, new to the powerhouse SEC, took down No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, shaking up the college football landscape. Texas A&M, No. 15, took a three touchdown lead held on for a 29-24 on Saturday that helped Oregon move to the top spot in the polls. The [...]
Robert Nkemdiche Says Choice His To Reopen Recruiting
November 10, 2012 | Posted by
Robert Nkemdiche, the nation’s No. 1 high-school football recruit, said it was his decision, not his mother’s, to take back his commitment to attend Clemson next year and re0pen recruiting. “Decommitting was not a family thing; it was my decision,” said Nkemdiche, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound defensive end from Grayson High in suburban Atlanta. “My parents [...]
