The state Capitol stairs serve as a stark example of complicated work performed by a complicated man, who lived a remarkable life.

Hale's son-in-law became the first Black physician in Alabama. Thompson plans to write a biography about Hale and continues ...

A year after they filed a federal lawsuit to end “a modern-day form of slavery,” the plaintiffs representing prisoners in Alabama and their advocates are […] ‘I Ain’t Come In Here to be ...

They were two of the 110 enslaved survivors aboard the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring Africans to the Americas on 8 July 1860. They arrived in my hometown of Mobile, Alabama ...

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs ...

Born the grandson of Alabama slaves during segregation in 1899 and facing a lifetime of personal and professional challenges, Percy Lavon Julian nevertheless went on to become one of the 20th ...

the migration of slaves to the lower South increased the slave population in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas from 530,404 to 943,881. Even with this enormous ...

but many slave owners in the South like Meaher continued it for years. After the Civil War, Africans brought on Meaher's covert trip would go on to found Africatown, Alabama, where many of their ...

King was known for his craftsmanship, particularly his intricate spiral staircases in the Alabama State Capitol. Despite facing the challenges of slavery and racial prejudice, King became a ...