The Latest: Office that tracks hate groups knew of La. movie shooter

 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The latest on the shooting at a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater (times are local): 3:45 p.m.…
07.24.15
Confederate heritage group loses its Southern influence

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The Sons of Confederate Veterans knew an attack on their cherished symbols would come after seeing…
06.27.15
Alabama Gov. Orders Removal Of All 4 Confederate Flags From State Capitol Grounds

All four Confederate flags posted at Alabama state Capitol’s Confederate memorial were removed Wednesday morning following a quiet order from the…
06.24.15
Roof appears on 9 murder counts; Charleston seeks unity

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins, and asked for God’s mercy…
06.19.15
Watch: Two Alabama Police Lieutenants Investigated For Ties To Racist Hate Group

Two police officers in Anniston, Alabama have been placed on administrative leave over allegations that they belong to a hate…
06.19.15
Suspect in church shooting had apartheid-era patches

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Storm Roof drove around with a Confederate flag on his license plate — not exactly…
06.18.15
Michelle Obama Tells HBCU Grads That Being First Black First Lady Led To Some Sleepless Nights

Giving a candid and deeply personal commencement speech at Tuskegee University on Saturday, the First Lady of the United States…
05.09.15
Anthony Ray Hinton exonerated after 30 years on death row

In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of two murders and sent to death row for crimes he did not commit.…
04.11.18
Innocent Alabama Man Released From Death Row After 30 Years

On Friday, Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of prison a free man after spending 30 years on death row for…
04.05.15
Mother’s Facebook Apology Goes Viral After Daughters’ Unruly Behavior At Movie Theater

Kyesha Smith Wood, a mother of three, broke the internet this week when she issued an apology on behalf of…
04.01.15
KKK Members Make Appearance At 50th Anniversary Of Selma To Montgomery March

About 20 members of the Ku Klux Klan arrived in downtown Montgomery, Alabama Wednesday to meet demonstrators commemorating the 50th…
03.26.15
In Selma, Ala., Obama proved that he is ‘Black enough’

SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is he Black…
03.11.15
Selma, 50 years ago and today: ‘Not much has changed’

SELMA, Ala. — This is a city seemingly frozen in time. From a symbolic and surface standpoint, Selma is the…
03.09.15
Atlanta Icon John Lewis honored by President Obama at Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge

SELMA, Ala. — Atlanta’s legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) showed unequivocally that, even 50 years later, the violent events of…
12.29.15
Selma: 50th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ on Edmund Pettus Bridge

SELMA, Ala. — A tidal wave of humanity flooded downtown Selma and the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in celebration of the…
03.09.15
Selma civil rights milestone marked by first Black president

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America’s racial history “still casts its long shadow upon us,” President Barack Obama said Saturday as…
03.07.15