Elston Turner, a former NBA player and current assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves, has been praised for his defensive skills and his ability to coach players and implement defensive strategies.
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Federal court rejects Alabama GOP’s defiant voting map, will draw new map that expands Black voting power
At issue in the Alabama case was whether the power of Black voters was diluted by dividing them into districts where White voters dominate.
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Baseball in Birmingham: Rickwood Field is living history
‘The Negro Leagues produced champions in more ways than one.’
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White boaters in Montgomery messed around and found out
The ‘Montgomery riverboat brawl’ has birthed thousands of internet memes and reenactments.
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Black workers in Alabama lead effort to organize first unionized Amazon warehouse
‘They are taking on powerful anti-union forces in a strong anti-union state, but their victory will benefit every worker in America.’
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National College Championship: Alabama vs. Ohio State
Alabama is favored by seven vs. Ohio State for the National College Football Championship.
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PHOTOS | Man who ‘had to do something’ completes 1,000-mile mission
Powered by righteous indignation and a trusty walking stick, Terry Willis embarked June 2 on a 1,000-mile walk from Alabama to Minnesota.
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Gone but not forgotten: four little girls killed in church bombing
Spike Lee’s film 4 Little Girls (1997) documented in vivid detail the events leading up to and following the September 15, 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Ku Klux Klan members placed bombs at the church, where, at the time, a strategy meeting was being held for local Blacks to […]