The case of the land that houses a confederate statue in Tuskegee is in court.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the Confederacy to preserve and promote Black history. Alabama imposed the tax to fund pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows and still collects it today. Most revenue is used for other purposes, but 1% goes to the state’s…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The removal of Confederate statues and symbols — has re-ignited calls to change the name of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Former State Senator Hank Sanders — spear-headed an effort to change the name of the bridge — five year ago in the state legislature. That effort failed — but Sanders is hoping…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The violence in Charlottesville has sparked a national debate about race and history. Its an issue people in Selma have been dealing with for years. A monument honoring Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest has been at the center of most of the controversy in Selma. Forrest defended the city in the Battle of Selma during…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Demopolis city leaders have asked for an opinion from the Attorney General about their plans to repair a damaged Confederate monument. The monument to the Confederate war dead in downtown Demopolis was damaged after a police officer ran into it with his car. City leaders voted to repair and alter the monument as a memorial…
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed into law sweeping protections for Confederate monuments and other long-standing historic markers. Ivey signed the bill Wednesday. The moves come as some Southern cities, such as New Orleans, have removed Confederate monuments from public property. The new Alabama law prohibits the removal and alteration of monuments over 40 years old. It also prohibits renaming…
The Confederate Monument at the Alabama Capitol Building. Governor Bentley removed Confederate Battle Flags from the monument last year. Below is the cornerstone. The Montgomery headquartered Southern Poverty Law Center has surveyed confederate monuments and symbols in public places, and ranked the states based on the number found in each. The results? Alabama is 7th, with 107. The rest of…
The newspaper in Tallassee reports a Neo-Confederate group in that city is planning to install a flagpole and Confederate flag along I-85 in Montgomery. The flag would be installed across from Alabama State University, a historically black university. The Tallassee Tribune reports the pole would be as high as 50 feet—and was donated by a Montgomery doctor who wants to remain…
