More Black women are running for elected office. Montgomery’s Women’s Political Council offered valuable lessons on leadership in the 1950s.
Author: Safiya Charles, Montgomery Advertiser
Selma civil rights activist and attorney Bruce Boynton, who inspired Freedom Rides, dies at 83
Boynton’s death comes two weeks shy of the 60th anniversary of the landmark case that spurred the Freedom Rides.
Plaque at school serving mostly Black students urges them to not ‘discredit’ Robert E. Lee
It’s unclear exactly when the plaque was installed and who commissioned it.
In rural Gee’s Bend, quilters look to old ways for new solutions amid coronavirus pandemic
Residents of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, known far and wide for a quilting tradition, are branching out into a new activity: sewing protective masks.