Proposed Alabama bill would grant teachers paid maternity leave
With a focus on retaining educators, Rep. Debbie Wood backs a bill to provide Alabama teachers with eight weeks of paid maternity leave.
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‘Written in the Waters’ surfaces the untold stories of captive Africans lost at sea
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, as many as a thousand slave ships carrying captive Africans sank while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. National Geographic explorer and writer Tara Roberts has been ...
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How a Black Utopia For Formerly Enslaved People Became a Wealthy White Enclave
You could feel chills to know that they had it and then they just pulled the rug from under them, so to speak.” ...
Birmingham Museum of Art honors sculptor John Rhoden with powerful new exhibit
The Birmingham Museum of Art will host a walking tour on March 29, connecting Rhoden’s legacy to contemporary artists.