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Tsumani clouds cover sky in Alabama

By theGrio

4:20 PM on 12/21/2011

An unusual phenomenon occurs in Birmingham, Friday morning, December 16, 2011. The sky looks like the dream of conquering the waves, a series of large waves breaking the horizon Birmingham, Alabama...
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Immigration law brings city workers to Alabama's farms (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

9:10 AM on 10/26/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - The law has led Latinos to leave the state in droves - and has left industries like farming in desperate need of a workforce...
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Mourners praise civil rights activist Shuttlesworth

By theGrio

1:40 PM on 10/24/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis called the preacher 'one of the founding fathers of the New America,' who put his body on the line to end segregation and racial discrimination...
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Holder, pastors praise Ala. civil rights icon Shuttlesworth

By theGrio

11:43 PM on 10/23/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, often eclipsed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in life, was praised Sunday as the catalyst who brought the civil rights movement to Birmingham and launched King into immortality...
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Slideshow: Shuttlesworth, a civil rights hero

By theGrio

12:04 PM on 10/06/2011

SLIDESHOW - Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who was hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 at teh Birmingham, Ala. hospital. He was 89...
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Remembering civil rights 'warrior' Shuttlesworth

By Ronda Racha Penrice

9:49 AM on 10/06/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Even in his later years, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, remained as active as his health would allow...
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Civil rights icon Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth dead at 89

By theGrio

12:40 PM on 10/05/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Civil rights leader the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, has died. He was 89...
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Birmingham, Ala., church marks bombing anniversary

By theGrio

4:39 PM on 09/15/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Members of an Alabama church that was bombed early in the civil rights movement observed the 48th anniversary of the attack Thursday by dedicating a stone marker at the site of the blast that killed four black girls...
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Ala. churches lead opposition to immigration law

By theGrio

3:16 PM on 07/14/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - For some believers and church leaders, opposing Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation law against illegal immigration is Bible Belt redemption...
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6 women pardoned for 60s-era civil rights protests

By theGrio

12:13 PM on 07/06/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) - The Birmingham City Council has pardoned six women who were arrested in 1963 for protesting segregation-era laws...
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New threats target black students at high school

By theGrio

12:53 PM on 05/18/2011

VIDEO - Other incidents this spring caused school officials to hold special meetings with students, parents and teachers...
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Cosby tells Alabama grads to help tornado victims

By theGrio

8:55 AM on 05/09/2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Cosby told the graduates Saturday to look for ways to help the survivors of the April 27 storms that killed more than 200 people across the state...
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Storm doesn't break the spirit of Alabama community

By Ronda Racha Penrice

7:47 AM on 05/02/2011

OPINION - With President Obama promising the government's support and FEMA actually effective from day one, Pratt City is no Hurricane Katrina...
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Caught on tape: Ala. police beat non resisting man

By theGrio

4:22 PM on 03/31/2011

VIDEO - Two Birmingham, Alabama police officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into an arrest which took place on March 20th...
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Spokane still searching for answers on MLK parade bomb

By Michael E. Ross

9:20 AM on 02/03/2011

theGRIO REPORT - A thwarted attempt at mass murder in a Washington town on MLK Day was only part of a story of resurging intolerance...
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Why MLK must be more than myth to us

By Carl Lewis

5:04 PM on 01/14/2011

OPINION - To my parents, Martin Luther King was not some faraway figure on the page of a newspaper or the screen of a television. He was someone they had known...
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New study shows pain of incarceration for black families

By Robert Rooks

3:40 PM on 09/30/2010

OPINION - Tomorrow, 2.7 million children will wake up with a mother or father incarcerated-a statistic that has quadrupled over the last 25 years...
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African-American candidate snubs black Alabama groups

By theGrio

2:00 PM on 04/15/2010

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of Birmingham said black voters need no permission from the political organizations and no sample ballots to decide who to support for governor...
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Former Birmingham mayor gets 15 years for bribery

By theGrio

4:23 PM on 03/07/2010

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison for taking clothes, Rolex watches, loan payments and cash worth more than $240,000...
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Corruption trial of Birmingham mayor begins

By theGrio

12:06 PM on 10/20/2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Mayor Larry Langford could be tossed out of office and go to prison if convicted of federal bribery charges...
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