Like most of the country, COVID-19 vaccination rates are dramatically different across the region. While shots might rise in one southern state, the vaccination motivation could be at a standstill in another state. Sometimes, these stark differences are just a stone throw’s away, one county over across the border. Here, [...]
Born May 24, 1946, Patience Hodges Claybon was a physician and the first African American woman to graduate from the UAB School of Medicine. When Claybon was a child, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood became the first Black students to attend the University of Alabama. After graduating from Burrell [...]
January 20, 2021 will go down in history as the day former U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris begins her term as U.S. vice president, the first woman of color to serve in the position. Throughout her career, Harris has spoken about her South Asian and Jamaican roots with pride, especially when she [...]
Has Congress ever effectively challenged the Electoral College? Just once. And it ushered in the Jim Crow era. Here's the story about how Congress turned a blind eye to Black voters nearly 150 years ago, ended the political gains for African Americans and ushered in a century-long fight for Civil [...]
