The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, ...

Regular attendees, who have been to almost all of the first 10 Henagar events, are Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Lt. Gove.

In the last decade, at least 20 states have passed laws or policies that restrict how history can be taught in schools. Since ...

Alabama has set an execution date for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the head while she slept ...

In Dr. J. Marion Sims's lifetime, the South Carolina native — who practiced in central Alabama and Montgomery before moving his career to New York and Europe — was touted as a medical genius ...

The Black History Museum of Marion County in west Ocala closed for more than a year because of the pandemic and a renovation. Now it's open again.

As the Alabama field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), he was instrumental in organizing events like the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. >> Lift every voice and ...

Early Thursday morning, 35 cyclists from all over the world including several right here at home put their foot to the pedal, cycling from Marion to Selma to commemorate the efforts of the late Civil ...

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 9:01:28 AM HAMILTON — In commemoration of Black History Month 2025, Ruthie West Whitman will be sponsoring a “Museum of Marion County Black History.” There will be ...

MARION COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama authorities are searching for a 25-year-old inmate at the Hamilton Community Based Facility and Community Work Center who escaped late Saturday night.

History is our starting point.” The Marion 2 Selma Bicycle Ride – co-sponsored by the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association, Blackbelt Benefit Group, the Conservation Fund, Main Street Marion, ...