Others had him visiting other Tennessee cities or panhandling on the side of the road. The pursuit of Ed came a month after a runway kangaroo shut down a section of Alabama interstate.

Johnson sought to protect civil rIghts protesters in Alabama. In 1957, the governor of Arkansas activated the National Guard to block nine Black students from entering Central High School in the ...

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama, vice chair of the House HBCU caucus, said there has long been bipartisan support for the colleges. But she said there will be new vigilance of their federal ...