A group of protesters rallied against the current state health orders in place Tuesday afternoon. The group of around 60 people marched from Cramton Bowl to the State House and then rallied on the capitol steps. They say Governor Kay Ivey needs to allow all businesses to reopen immediately. They say the current safer at home order is hurting small…
One of the statues surrounding the Confederate Memorial at the Alabama Capitol Building before Governor Robert Bentley had the flags removed. By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) – A coalition of civil rights groups in Atlanta is using this year’s Super Bowl to help kick off a renewed “war on the Confederacy,” in a fight to remove Confederate…
Charges have been dropped against protesters who police said splashed ketchup and colored powder on statues honoring Confederate figures at the Alabama Capitol. Jon Broadway was arrested in April after smearing ketchup at the base of the statue honoring a 19th century doctor who did surgery without anesthesia on enslaved African-American women. Broadway used ketchup to symbolize blood while performing…
For the fifth time in as many weeks, the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign rallied for their cause- being a voice for the less unfortunate. This time, the focus was on affordable housing, livable wages and a better education. “We are the richest country in the world and there’s a high rate of poverty,” organizer Joe Keffer said. “Some of the poorest…
The Medical Association of Alabama installed the statue of Dr. James Marion Sims on the Capitol grounds in 1938. The Association met today and discussed the statue after protestors gathered to call for it to be taken down. Sims was a gynecologist and performed surgery on enslaved women without using anesthesia. Protesters at the Sims Statue earlier this month….
Former Miss Alabama Kalyn Chapman James is sharing her thoughts on the deadly Dallas ambush.James, the first African-American to hold the Miss Alabama title, took to Facebook Sunday in tearful live video. She says she ‘doesn’t feel sad for the officers who lost their lives.’ She went on to say she feels like the shooter was a ‘martyr.’ “I want to feel…
