U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, issued a statement Wednesday after the U.S. General Services Administration confirmed that the historic Montgomery Bus Station, home to the Freedom Riders ...

On March 12th Representatives Shomari Figures and Terri Sewell introduced legislation to protect civil rights landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places. The bill, known as the Civil Rights ...

US Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) speaks during the 2025 Faith and Politics Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage at foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times) SELMA – ...

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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were ...

Three members of Congress accused the Trump administration of trying to erase part of Alabama’s history Saturday in speeches outside a Montgomery landmark of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Trump administration unveiled plans to sell 443 federal properties, including six in Alabama. The list included several major government buildings, but the General Services Administration ...

Americans Will Get Federal Holiday Between Thanksgiving, Christmas Under New Proposal With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving ...

It’s March 7, which means it’s the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the legendary freedom march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery. And since, under the current presidential administration, every ...

Nancy Gardner Sewell was the first Black woman elected to the Selma City Council. She dedicated her life to championing equitable access to health care for Alabamians and continued that fight ...