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Opinion: Civil rights tour helps remember struggle for equality, right to vote
A week ago, I traveled with a group from Givens Estates on a civil rights tour. We started in Birmingham with stops at Bethel Baptist (Fred Shuttlesworth’s congregation back in the 1950s, where he was bombed on a 1956 Christmas day), the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Kelly-Ingram Park (some of the best outdoor sculpture depicting the 1963 events of Birmingham), and the 16th Street Baptist Church (where four little girls were killed on Sept. 15, 1963.)
Speakers urge Alabama lawmakers to fund Summer EBT, restore library funds
Speakers at a public hearing Wednesday on the proposed 2025 Education Trust Fund budget urged lawmakers to include more money for summer meal programs, and reconsider cuts to the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS). The proposed 2025 ETF, sponsored by House Ways and Means Education Committee Chair Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, will allocate about $9.3 billion […] The post Speakers urge Alabama lawmakers to fund Summer EBT, restore library funds appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
SAVING SELMA: Family wins brand new 3 BR home in Selma
A Selma family that lost their home in the January 2023 tornado — wins a new three bedroom — two bathroom home — for free. Sixteen names were placed in a lottery — raffling off the new home. The winner won the home free and clear — and a whole lot more.
Lee keeps typewriters going five decades strong
By Lanell Downs Smith William Lee began his career in office equipment repair in 1973, during a time when many people told him typewriters were on the way out of popular use. But now, five decades later, Lee sells and service typewriters from his Montgomery-based operation, American Typewriters, to customers in Crenshaw, Butler, Lowndes, Macon, […] The post Lee keeps typewriters going five decades strong appeared first on Luverne Journal.
Fund Summer EBT, invest in healthier future for children
By Laura Lester and Carol Gundlach Summertime often can be the hungriest time for Alabama children. By investing in Summer EBT, our policymakers can take an important step toward addressing that problem. School kids who receive free breakfast and lunch during the school year – too often the only meals they eat during the day […] The post Fund Summer EBT, invest in healthier future for children appeared first on Luverne Journal.
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