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Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks of Birmingham, now 71, said one scene will stay with her forever, revealing the depth of hatred on their attackers’ faces and in their words. “To see the ...
Every month has its litany of persons born who went on to exhibit their Black excellence unashamedly, leaving their mark on society for generations to come. May is no different. On May 3, 1898, ...
President Trump's latest budget cut could attack National Park Services in Alabama. What could be affected? Here's what we know ...
The Department of Efficiency reports that that Alabama has 11 federal buildings that remain on their list of lease ...
The Trump administration released a list of 443 federal buildings that the federal government planned to offload from their ownership.
Freedom Riders Rep. John Lewis ... three of the Internal Revenue Service National Office's buildings — two in Birmingham and one in Montgomery — being shut down, as well as cuts involving ...
and a bus driver boycott forced the Freedom Riders to fly to New Orleans. But the news and images of the Alabama attacks, including a single photo from the Birmingham bus station melee that ...
six miles west of Anniston along Old Birmingham Highway. Freedom Riders National Monument will open a public comment period from Sept. 9 to Oct. 9 that includes opportunities to submit written ...
The National Park Service announced today that Dr. Rolando Herts has been selected to be the superintendent of the Freedom Riders National Monument and the Birmingham Civil Rights National ...
He didn't even tell his wife that he was a Freedom Rider until about 15 years into their marriage, when the couple and their children saw a video of him at an exhibit at the Birmingham Civil ...
Freedom Riders National Monument is a new park that is in the progress of being built by the National Park Service. There are currently two sites for the Freedom Riders National Monument in ...