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Alabama Legislature

Constituent Slams Lawmaker's 'Racist' Email

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics
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Alabama State Rep. Joe Mitchell (D-Mobile) raised eyebrows on Wednesday after a local blog picked up an email he had sent to a constituent blasting th...

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Unsung Hero Speaks to America About Voting Rights Act

Glen Browder | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
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Just as those black and white photos of Rosa Parks could not capture the continuing fight she waged in her community, the Times picture and interview fail to communicate how much Gray has done for voting rights.

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Alabama Considers Exonerating The Scottsboro Boys

AP | PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 02.05.2013 | Black Voices
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- In 1931, Alabama wanted to execute the black Scottsboro Boys because two white women claimed they were gang-raped. Now, state offi...

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Elise Foley

Revisions To Alabama Immigration Law Not Good Enough, Rights Groups Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.10.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Alabama Republican lawmakers announced a bill last week that would revise the state's immigration law. Opponents of the law aren't impre...

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GOP Governor Says He Hasn't Studied Controversial Ultrasound Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.27.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) said Sunday morning that he has just learned about the transvaginal ultrasound bill pending in the state...

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Legislature Shores Up Alabama College Tuition Plan

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature found a compromise Wednesday that shores up the state's prepaid college tuition plan with nearly $548...

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