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Hawaii displays historic photos of Martin Luther King Jr. wearing flower lei during Selma march

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei from Hawaii during the Selma-to-Montgomery marches are now on display in Honolulu

The Independent UK

New monument turns Rosa Parks’s booking number into warning on US erasure

‘We have come too far to turn around now,’ the monument on Alabama’s Montgomery Square reads

The Guardian - US

Indian student battles for life in US after road accident; minor driver rammed into his vehicle in Alabama

27-year-old Indian student Sai Teja has been fighting for his life after he received grave injuries in a car accident in Montgomery, Alabama. According to reports, a minor driver rammed into Teja's car when he was returning from a friend's graduation ceremony. His friend Akhil, who was also in the…

The Times of India

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Ben Shapiro's Rosa Parks revisionism

The Daily Wire’s latest documentary seeks to discredit Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott

Salon

People are marching in Selma in 2026

Invoking the legacy of 1965 Selma marches, protesters march for voting access and representation in 2026

Salon

‘They may draw racist maps, but we are the south’: thousands rally in Alabama for Black voting rights

They may draw some racist maps, but we are the south, this is our south. The south belongs to us.

The Guardian - US

Thousands rally to defend Black political representation in the birthplace of Civil Rights movement

Crowds march in Montgomery, Alabama to mobilize support for voting rights amid Republican redistricting campaigns

The Independent UK

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Influencer detained in Tennessee over alleged confrontation involving gunfire

Dalton Eatherly, 28, known as Chud the Builder, accused of firing at another man outside courthouse in Clarksville

The Guardian - US

Republican Brett Ligon, former Montgomery County DA, wins special election for open Texas Senate seat

A rematch is scheduled for November, as Ligon’s win only puts him in the seat through January. But the former prosecutor will be heavily favored, given the district’s solidly Republican makeup.

The Texas Tribune

Riziki Ilenre cause of death: How did the TikTok personality die as Alabama forensic report reveals new details months after tragedy

Riziki Ilenre, a 27-year-old TikTok creator, died on December 12, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences ruled her death a suicide after an investigation. The Montgomery Police Department had been examining the case earlier. Reports about possible online bullying circulated widely, but officials have not confirmed…

The Times of India

Claudette Colvin obituary

US civil rights activist who as a schoolgirl protested against segregation on Alabama’s buses

The Guardian - UK

The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops

Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

The Guardian - UK

Claudette Colvin: Civil rights icon who refused to move seats on segregated bus dies at 86

Colvin's act of defiance occurred months before Rosa Parks gained international recognition for a similar stand

The Independent UK

Texas father rescues kidnapped 15-year-old daughter after tracking her phone’s location

Authorities say they arrested a man, 23, for kidnapping teen in a Houston suburb as she walked her dog on Christmas

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The Independent UK

Never-before-seen photos of Rosa Parks during the Selma march discovered

‘This is showing who Ms Parks was, both as a person and as an activist’

The Independent UK

What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott is marking its 70th anniversary

The Independent UK

Alabama promised to improve psychiatric care for men charged with crimes. They still wait years

Fernando Clark died in the Montgomery County Jail while waiting for psychiatric treatment

International Business Times UK

Pastor Jon Sheptock, Inspirational Montgomery Pastor, Arrested for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A 49-year-old worship leader and singer-songwriter has been charged with producing and possessing child sexual abuse materials.

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The Independent UK

Arrest made in Alabama capital city shooting that left 2 dead and 12 injured last weekend

A juvenile male has been arrested for his role in a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in Montgomery, Alabama

The Independent UK

Alabama's Ivey vows action after Montgomery shooting leaves 2 dead, 12 injured

Governor Kay Ivey has announced that Alabama will increase its role in public safety efforts in Montgomery following a mass shooting

The Independent UK

Two dead including teenager and 12 more wounded in mass shooting in Alabama

One of the victims was believed to have been targeted, prompting other armed people in the area to pull out their arms

International Business Times UK

Montgomery Shooting Nightmare: Police Chief Slams Thugs Who 'Did Not Care About the People Around Them' as a Child Is Left Fighting for Life After Downtown Duel

A weekend of celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, turns tragic after a shootout between rival gunmen leaves two dead and a child fighting for their life. Get the full details on the deadly city centre violence.

Evening Standard

At least two dead and 12 injured in horror mass shooting in US

A 43-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy have been confirmed dead after gunfire broke out in downtown Montgomery

The Conversation

The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

President Donald Trump is again attacking the American press – this time not with fiery rally speeches or by calling the media “the enemy of the people,” but through the courts.

The Independent UK

An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool

“Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” continues to be a nonviolence teaching tool and an influential historical account in the United States and worldwide

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