An Associated Press report this week showed some evidence that illegal immigrants are returning to Alabama after fleeing the state in droves to escape HB 56. Of the 18 Hispanic immigrants the AP interviewed in the Birmingham area, six said they had family members or friends who had come back to Alabama after leaving the [...]
Douglas Blackmon, The Wall Street Journal’s former bureau chief in Atlanta, will discuss his book, “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II,” tonight at 6 p.m. in Gorgas Library Room 205. The book was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 2009, [...]
Currently, 27 million people are victims to the act of slavery worldwide, a practice that is stronger today than any other point in history, according to the International Justice Mission. For Phi Gamma Delta fraternity philanthropy chair John Pickering and IJM officers Darby Hess and Tori Luna, this number is unacceptable. They’ve decided to join [...]
The classic, stereotypical college professor is an older man sporting a bowtie, quiet and reserved; and a fan of cigars, crosswords and reading Walt Whitman by a fire in his humble home after the kids are put to bed. Many instructors at the University stand in proud contrast to that image, but one of them, [...]
The artwork of special needs students from the Tuscaloosa area will be sold in a silent auction hosted by the Sprayberry Education Center at the Northport Civic Center on Thursday, Feb. 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Sprayberry Education Center is the special education facility for the Tuscaloosa County School System. Starting at age [...]
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