August 4, 2020 Alabama's Edmund Pettus Bridge should be renamed in wake of John Lewis' death, activists say The death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis has sparked national debate over the Edmund Pettus Bridge -- a site of history, but one that's named for a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader.
August 3, 2020 Disabled Iraq veteran faces five years in Alabama prison for legally prescribed medical marijuana Sean Worsley, a decorated Iraq War veteran, is facing five years in Alabama's prisons for driving with legally prescribed medical marijuana.
July 31, 2020 GOP lawmaker resigns from Alabama church after celebrating KKK leader A Republican Alabama lawmaker said he has no plans to step down from his state legislator position after he resigned as pastor from a Baptist church in Prattville after days of backlash for posting a photo celebrating the birthday of a Confederate Army general and former Ku Klux Klan leader on the same day the state honored the legacy of the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis.
July 31, 2020 Dr. Alveda King on John Lewis' funeral: The left will 'grab at any opportunity' to politicize The left will "grab at any opportunity" to twist an occasion like the funeral of civil rights icon John Lewis into "a political moment," Dr. Alveda King stated Friday.
July 28, 2020 GOP lawmaker celebrates KKK leader’s birthday in Alabama on same day John Lewis’ legacy is honored in state A GOP lawmaker in Alabama is facing backlash after posting a photo celebrating the birthday of a confederate general, who was also a leader of the Ku Klux Klan, on the same day that the state honored the legacy of the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis.
July 28, 2020 Dr. Alveda King: It's important to remember John Lewis' legacy as a peacemaker It is important to remember civil rights icon John Lewis' legacy as a "humble" peacemaker as he is laid to rest, Dr. Alveda King asserted Tuesday.
July 27, 2020 Alabama church held multiday revival, now 40 congregants tested positive for coronavirus More than 40 people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a multi-day revival, the pastor of a small Baptist church in northern Alabama said Sunday.
July 26, 2020 Some police in Arkansas refuse to enforce coronavirus mask orders because they lack the manpower Amid the coronavirus pandemic in America, multiple police chiefs and sheriffs in Arkansas and elsewhere say they won’t enforce statewide mask requirements, even within their departments.
July 26, 2020 Rep. John Lewis' body carried across Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama tributes The body of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who died at the age of 80 on July 17 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., for the final time Sunday.
July 25, 2020 John Lewis celebration of life in Alabama continues with service in Selma The first of a six-day celebration of the late civil rights activist and Democratic congressman Rep. John Lewis began Saturday, beginning in his hometown of Troy and then journeying to Selma, Ala.
