via Wkyc: A new statue was dedicated in Alabama recently to Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. The Statue was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. CLICK HERE to read story
via Wkyc: Juan Leon-Gomez, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, is unexpectedly at the center of a fierce abortion debate. Police say the 26-year-old raped an 11-year old girl, who became pregnant last month in Massillon. If Ohio’s new abortion law was in effect, the girl would be forced to deliver his child, since it does not make […]
BREAKING NEWS: Second Arrest Made In Shooting of 4-year-old Cleveland Boy; Suspect Caught In Alabama
via cleveland19: Officials have confirmed that the second suspect wanted for shooting 4-year-old Carter Hill during a road rage incident has been arrested in Alabama. Police arrested 21-year-old Leon Edwards in connection to the Aug. 7 incident. On Wednesday, police made the first arrest in the case. Jonathon Smith, 20, was taken into custody. According to police, the little […]
abcnews One person was killed and dozens injured after a charter bus carrying carrying student missionaries from an Alabama church overturned Thursday outside Atlanta, officials said. The crash took place around 3:30 p.m. along Camp Creek Parkway in Fulton County near the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where the students were headed to begin a mission […]
On this day in history, an ordinary woman made a courageous decision that had extraordinary results. 60 years ago, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was on her way home from work as a department store seamstress. Her refusal, along with that of three other black passengers commanded to relinquish their seats for a white […]
AL officials to close 31 DMV offices in what some are calling an attempt to suppress the Black vote through limiting access to state IDs.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has directed that four Confederate flags be taken down from a Confederate memorial at the state capitol. Bentley’s order comes just two days after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley asked state lawmakers to remove the flag from her state’s capitol, and amid a seismic shift on the question of whether the […]
In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of two murders and sent to death row for crimes he did not commit. Thirty years and several appeals…
On Friday, Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of prison a free man after spending 30 years on death row for a crime he did not…
Fifty years after Alabama troopers savagely attacked demonstrators protesting discriminatory practices that kept black voters from the polls, thousands of people gathered here Sunday to mark the anniversary of the attack that shocked Americans and helped usher in the landmark Voting Rights of 1965. Despite authorities’ concerns that the crowed of thousands might be […]
Cardale Jones came through again at the Sugar Bowl in his second career start and Ezekiel Elliott ran for 230 yards, leading Ohio State to a 42-35 upset of top-ranked Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal Thursday night. The Buckeyes advanced to play Oregon in the Jan. 12 national championship game at Arlington, Texas. […]
Comedians Alabama, Ray Diva and Tony Woods join Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” for Wildin’ Out Wednesday. The comedians panel detail the topics and people…