Monument

The Blank Slate: Hope for a New America memorial has traveled so far it sits on a flatbed truck that hauled it to a dozen cities across the country this summer. The most recent unveiling took place last Friday at the King Center in…

The restoration of the AG Gaston Motel will renew the building's role as a meeting place for promoting human and civil rights around the world. (Joe Songer, for the Birmingham Times)By Michael SznajdermanAlabama News…

By Michael SznajdermanAlabama News CenterThe National Park Service (NPS) wants to hear your vision and ideas as it moves forward in developing plans for the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. July 10th is the…

The National Park Service (NPS) wants to hear your vision and ideas as it moves forward in developing plans for the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. July 10th is the last day to comment as Park Service officials delve into…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The following information is from the National Park Service:Today the National Park Service (NPS) began soliciting public contributions to support the development of a General Management Plan (GMP) for the…

Senator Steve Daines blames President Biden for the decades-long illegal drug crisisrepublican US Senator Steve DainesThe cause could be that illegal drugs crossing the border, and particularly the increased potency of extremely dangerous…

According to the organizers, more names could be added to a memorial commemorating a civil rights demonstration in Mississippi in October 1965. The granite monument in Natchez was unveiled in 2019. The memorial was…

NATCHEZ, miss. (AP) - Organizers say more names could be added to a memorial commemorating a civil rights demonstration in Mississippi in October 1965.The granite monument in Natchez, unveiled in 2019, bears the names of 486…

Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederation, this suggested that the civil war was about state rights and "southern honor" rather than the root cause: slavery. It is the final chapter in a year-long struggle the city has waged to…

For 112 years, a 30-foot obelisk stood in front of the courthouse in suburban Atlanta, Decatur.Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederation, he hinted that the civil war was about state rights and the “honor of the…