Jay Reeves
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Move to rename 'Bloody Sunday' bridge has critics in Selma
Move to rename 'Bloody Sunday' bridge has critics in Selma By JAY REEVES Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands gathered in this river city → Read More
Move to rename 'Bloody Sunday' bridge has critics in Selma
Move to rename 'Bloody Sunday' bridge has critics in SelmaBy JAY REEVES Associated PressSELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Just 25 years later, the bridge became a global landmark when civil rights marchers were beaten at its base.Today, with… → Read More
Move to rename 'Bloody Sunday' bridge has critics in Selma
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. → Read More
Move to rename 'Bloody Sunday' bridge has critics in Selma
Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Just 25 years later, the bridge became a global landmark when civil rights marchers were beaten at its base. Today, with thousands → Read More
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious Southern states lost a war to perpetuate slavery.Mississippi's Republican-controlled Legislature voted Sunday to remove the Civil War emblem from the state flag, a move that was both years in the making and notable for its… → Read More
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
The Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence in the South 155 years after the end of the Civil War. → Read More
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious → Read More
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious Southern states lost a war to perpetuate slavery. → Read More
Surviving in America's Black Belt amid pandemic and job loss
SELMA, Ala. — Life can be tough even on a good day in the Black Belt, where some of the poorest people in America are, as usual, depending on each other to survive. Their struggle has become even more difficult with unemployment intensifying and coronavirus infections raging.Both the need and the relief have been on display in the historic civil rights city of Selma, where volunteers distributed… → Read More
Surviving in America's Black Belt amid pandemic and job loss
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Life can be tough even on a good day in the Black Belt, where some of the poorest people in America are, as usual, depending on → Read More
Mostly black Alabama county covering up Confederate statue
A majority black county known as a birthplace of African American empowerment is covering up a Confederate memorial erected more than a century ago and looking for ways to remove it permanently, a government leader said Tuesday. Workers used a tarpaulin and ropes to cover up the square base of a 111 → Read More
Tuskegee covers Confederate statue after it was vandalized
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A majority black county known as a birthplace of African American empowerment will cover up a Confederate memorial erected more than a century ago and is looking for ways to remove it permanently, a government leader said Tuesday. → Read More