Macon County Circuit Judge Steven Perryman issued the ruling in favor of the Macon County Commission.
Government officials, sheriffs, and many more who were impacted by the lives of the children that were lost in a tragic accident on Interstate 65 earlier this year came together to remember them and dedicate a monument that will forever honor their legacy.
Many towns and cities around the nation have been removing Confederate Monuments after racial tensions heightened around the country. Lowndes County followed suit by voting unanimously Monday to remove a confederate statue from Hayneville Town Square. Lowndes County Administrator Jacqueline Thomas confirms the statue has since been removed. County Commission Chairman Carnell McAlpine says the monument was installed in the…
The Ten Commandments Monument is back in the Capital City, years after its removal from the Supreme Court building rotunda in 2003. Judge Roy Moore and his wife Kayla announced the decision to move the monument to the first floor of the Foundation for Moral Law at 1 Dexter Avenue. Moore created the foundation, which fights for religious liberties. His…
It’s been six weeks since the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened its doors in Montgomery, and the city is starting to to see its impact. The attraction uses interactive media, sculptures, and exhibits to pay homage to African American victims of the domestic slave trade, racial terrorism, and the Jim Crow Laws. It is the…
A non-profit group wants to create monuments to the U.S. Bill of Rights at each of the state capitals….and Alabama is one of the first states to start the process. The group MyBillOfRights.org wants a monument built in each state capital. They say The Alabama Legislature approved the monument and a location in the regular session this year. No word…
It’s been almost a year since the Equal Justice Initiative announced plans to build the nation’s first lynching memorial. Ground has been broken and construction is finally underway, on the The Memorial to Peace and Justice in Montgomery. Tim Whetstone lives less than a block away from the site and calls the monument long overdue; but he’s glad that it…
A motel room once used by Martin Luther King Jr. to plan landmark civil rights protests is the centerpiece of a new national monument in Alabama. President Obama signed an order creating the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument in one of his final acts in office. The announcement Thursday coincides with the upcoming King holiday. In 1963, King stayed at…
