The move comes as more than a dozen states have introduced similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
Author: Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Southern schools’ history textbooks: A long history of deception, and what the future holds
For decades, Southern textbooks taught histories that distorted or ignored Black experiences.
Robert Graetz, the white minister who helped organize 1950s Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 92
Robert Graetz was the only white minister who supported the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott, making him a target of segregationists.
In Selma, tributes to Rep. John Lewis and calls to protect his voting rights legacy
Rep. John Lewis was honored in a church that became a landmark of the movement the civil rights hero was so deeply tied to.
Calls grow to rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge after John Lewis. Some civil rights veterans say no
“They weren’t marching to change a symbol. They were marching to change a system,” Selma Mayor Darrio Melton said of John Lewis’ Bloody Sunday protest.
Alabama executes man as accomplice in 2004 police murders
Nathaniel Woods was put to death amid a storm of appeals and protests from supporters who noted that Woods did not actually kill the officers.
Abortion rights groups sue to block Alabama’s near-total ban
The near-total abortion ban in Alabama is scheduled to go into effect in November, but Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are suing to block it.
Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
Law criminalizing procedure in nearly all cases likely to face legal challenges
Planned Parenthood readies challenge to near-total abortion ban in Alabama
Planned Parenthood president says near-total ban “will cost women’s lives;” Ivey mum on whether she will sign it
Alabama Senate approves near-total ban on abortion; sends bill to the governor
The measure includes the most sweeping restrictions on abortion in the United States, almost certainly guaranteeing a legal challenge.