This week in Alabama history marks a momentous shift: For the first time, Black students attended previously all-white schools in Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville and Tuskegee.

But positions taken by the Progressive Party forced the Democratic Party to adopt meaningful changes in or­der to hold onto ...

This is the centennial of the first Veterans Affairs hospital established to treat Black veterans. It opened in Tuskegee, Ala., after veterans were denied equitable health care after World War I.

First Black students attend white Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, Tuskegee schools 60 years ago this week Help AL.com tell the story of Alabama in 1963 On Sept. 6, a Friday, they tried again.

Black prosperity has provoked white resentment that can make life exhausting for people of color—and it has led to the undoing of policies that have nurtured Black advancement.

Newbern, Alabama (CNN) — Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor. He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve ...