If Americans want to understand where democracy is headed next, they should continue watching Selma.
Recently, I had the honor of joining leaders, historians, preservationists, and members of the Jackson family in Dearborn, Michigan, for the dedication of the Jackson House at The Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, when the Civil War was still raging. But it was nearly two and a half years later, on June 19, 1865, before the Union Army arrived in Galveston, TX, to emancipate…
I believe in the Alabama death penalty. I have voted to uphold death sentences. I am not writing this piece to argue that Alabama should abolish capital punishment. I am writing it because Alabama is about to execute a man whose own jury vote…
There is a reason maps have always mattered in the American South.
In 1965, the Black church stood at the center of the Civil Rights Movement, the Voting Rights Movement, and the fight for social justice across the American South.Historic institutions such as Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church and First Baptist Chur…
The 2026 election cycle in Alabama will be one for the record books.
