With a focus on retaining educators, Rep. Debbie Wood backs a bill to provide Alabama teachers with eight weeks of paid maternity leave.

The Birmingham Museum of Art will host a walking tour on March 29, connecting Rhoden’s legacy to contemporary artists.

Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...

At Fort Campbell, books are being taken off school library shelves containing references to slavery; the Civil Rights ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday that the sponsor said would help state and local law enforcement identify and ...

Today, the Senate passed three bills establishing new crimes and requirements for people unlawfully in the US. Republicans ...

Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after ...

Residents were given an opportunity to learn about their city’s role in the history of slavery in the United States, viewing ...

Alabama lawmakers are weighing a new rule that could require schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and a Judeo-Christian ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.