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Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society

Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.”

The Conversation

Freedom Monument Park tells honest story of enslaved people

The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is designed to get visitors closer to the experiences of enslaved people in America.

WEKU

Figures, Dobson advance in Alabama's runoffs for new House district

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Alabama holds its first ever U.S. Olympic trial for a sport that's little-known there

The U.S. Olympic Team trials for slalom kayak and canoe were held at Montgomery Whitewater, a new artificial watersports complex. The city hopes to draw more tourism, while the sport seeks new fans.

WEKU

Alabama’s Black voters seek chance to be heard after years of being silenced

Montgomery, the state’s capital, is included in a new congressional district, and on Tuesday, a runoff will decide who stands in November

The Guardian - US

‘A narrative of triumph’: a powerful 17-acre site in Alabama remembers enslavement

The Equal Justice Initiative has created an expansive new experience that aims to pay an honest tribute to courage and resilience as an American equivalent to a Holocaust memorial

The Guardian - US

Explosive device detonated outside Alabama attorney general’s office

Steve Marshall, state’s attorney general, says no staff or personnel injured by explosion in Montgomery on Saturday

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5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

WEKU

What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail?

Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention

The Guardian - US

Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice

Bystanders who trained their smartphone cameras on an Alabama riverfront dock, as several white boaters pummeled a Black riverboat co-captain, couldn’t have known the footage would elicit a national conversation about racial solidarity

The Independent UK

The riverfront brawl in Alabama reignites national debate over race

Police say the fight in Montgomery, Ala., last week doesn't meet the criteria for hate crime charges. But video clearly shows how the violence broke down on racial lines, historian Derryn Moten says.

WEKU

Fourth suspect charged with assault in Alabama riverfront brawl as she turns herself in to police

Mary Todd is the first woman charged for her alleged involvement in the Montgomery violence

The Independent UK

Black deckhand attacked in Alabama riverfront brawl reveals vile threats

Damien Pickett said he tried to reason with the owners of the pontoon boat when he asked them to move

The Independent UK

Damn right, I come from Alabama

Why the defense of Harriott II's co-captain captured the imagination and hearts of Black people across the country

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The Guardian - US

Scuba Gooding Jr and the Riverboat Rumble: why Alabama brawl memes have real power

Black Twitter has seized on the clash in Montgomery, cutting to the heart of the city’s troubled history in a moment of catharsis

The Independent UK

Alabama riverboat captain reveals past ‘trouble’ with pontoon boat owners after brawl

The captain said they were previously going to press charges against the pontoon boat owners for a separate incident years ago

WEKU

Up First briefing: 3 charged in Montgomery brawl; David Hogg's young leaders PAC

Three men are charged with assault after a riverfront brawl in Montgomery, Ala. And, Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg starts a PAC to support young Democratic leaders.

The Independent UK

Riverfront brawl brings unwelcome attention to historic civil rights city in Alabama

Police in Alabama’s capital city say three people are expected to be in custody Tuesday on charges including misdemeanor assault in connection with a riverfront brawl that drew nationwide attention

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Three white men face assault charges in Alabama riverfront brawl

One man in custody and two others expected to surrender after a group of white men attacked a Black boat worker in Montgomery

The Independent UK

Three white men facing charges in Alabama riverboat brawl are identified as police share detailed account

The Montgomery Police Chief said that the conflict started between a pontoon boat owner and a co-captain of the Harriott II riverboat

The Independent UK

At least four people facing arrest for violent brawl on Alabama riverfront as new video emerges

Brawl is believed to have started over a disagreement over where some boats were parked

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Everyone On TikTok Is Talking About The Alabama Brawl So Here’s Your Quick Explainer

Here's why one fight has provoked so much conversation.

The Independent UK

At least four people facing arrest for violent brawl on Alabama riverfront as new video emerges

Brawl is believed to have started over a disagreement over where some boats were parked

WEKU

Multiple people arrested after a brawl at an Alabama waterfront dock

Police say several people were arrested and at least four warrants have been issued after a brawl broke out Saturday at the Montgomery Riverfront Park.

The Guardian - US

Large brawl in Alabama as people defend Black riverboat worker against white assailants

Fight appeared to start when a worker objected to a pontoon boat preventing a larger river boat from docking, and was attacked by a group of white men

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