The symbolism of taking a bus full of Black and white Transylvanians down to Montgomery, Alabama this spring does not escape group organizer the Rev. Bill Livingston.

I f you plan on making a New Year's resolution, you're in good company. In addition to the millions pledging to change ...

MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) — The annual Jubilee Day Celebration is recognized in North Alabama. The celebration commemorates the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation into law by President Abraham ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.

The Black Environmental Leaders wants everyone to know the story of John Jordan, believed to be Cuyahoga County's only documented lynching.

In his narrative, Northup explained that his owner and their neighbors gave their slaves between three and six days off ...

A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their ...

Calling it "modern-day slavery" a group of current and former Alabama inmates are suing the state over alleged forced labor. Tributes paid to model and actress Dayle Haddon, 76, after tragic death ...

Current and former inmates in Alabama are suing the state, alleging they were forced to work at jobs for “next to nothing.” The lawsuit claimed the prisoners were forced into “modern-day slavery” by ...

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. Best ...