Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights.

Birmingham lost a link to its baseball history on Sunday, when Clinton “Tiny” Forge died at 90 years old. Forge played ...

Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice ...

With the White House trying to whitewash the past, museums of civil rights activism keep us honest, protecting the US legacy ...

TALLADEGA — Heritage Hall Museum and Art Center in Talladega has announced a new Mardi Gras-themed exhibit this February, offering visitors an opportunity to view royal court costumes, ceremonial ...

A push to strengthen penalties for child sex crimes is advancing in Alabama. The Child Predator Death Penalty Act, which would make the rape or sodomy of a child under 12 a capital offense, cleared ...

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death was announced Tuesday ...

A new WalletHub study ranks U.S. cities by job opportunities, economic factors, and quality of life. The study offers a snapshot of where employment is strongest in 2026. “It’s important to look at ...

Help wanted - treasure hunter. That's the gist of what the British Museum is looking for in a new hire. The institution is still reeling from a heist discovered there more than two years ago. Hundreds ...

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WHNT) — In 1931, Jackson County Sheriff Matt Wann stood in front of the jail as a large lynch mob demanded that he turn over the nine black teenage prisoners for lynching. The teens, ...