Debbie Elliott
Stories
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Alabama lawmakers debate a congressional redistricting map
Alabama lawmakers are scrambling to change the state's congressional maps. The governor called a special session after the Supreme Court tossed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
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Alabama holding special session to redraw congressional maps
The Alabama Legislature is holding a special session this week to change the state's congressional map. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a central part of the Voting Rights Act.
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Civil rights groups in the South respond to Supreme Court's blow to voting rights
We gauge reaction in the Deep South to the Supreme Court ruling that could upend Black representation in Congress.
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DOJ accuses Southern Poverty Law Center of using donations to pay secret informants
The Justice Department has accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of money laundering and other crimes. The DOJ says the Alabama-based civil rights organization paid sources to stoke racial hatred.
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Birthplace of civil rights and confederacy cradle: Montgomery is packed with history
Montgomery, Ala., helped shape America — from the cradle of the Confederacy to the birthplace of the civil rights movement to the city's draw today as the place to reflect on the legacy of slavery.
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Civil rights leaders say the racial progress Jesse Jackson fought for is under threat
Activists say racial progress won by the Rev. Jesse Jackson is under threat, as a new generation of leaders works to preserve hard-fought civil rights gains.
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Pioneering African-American baseball player Ron Teasley has died at 99
Ron Teasley, one of the last remaining veterans of the Negro Leagues, has died. A native of Detroit, Teasley sparkled on the baseball diamond. He was 99.
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Beloved Crimson Tide practice referee Eddie Conyers dies at 97
Eddie Conyers, a 97-year-old football practice referee at the University of Alabama, has died. He spent six decades working with some of the most notable coaches to get teams ready for game day.
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Hundreds of thousands without power in the U.S. after a powerful winter storm
A powerful winter storm walloped a huge swath of the U.S., killing at least 18 people. Electricity is out for hundreds of thousands, and freezing rain and snow have coated streets.
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'Get warm, get safe and stay there,' officials warn as massive storm bears down on U.S.
Forecasters say the storm will dump heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies into New England through Monday.
