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But it has waited a long time. And President Obama’s use of it in his speech on Monday — his grouping of those three places and moments in one grand and musical sentence — was bold and beautiful and something to hear. It spoke volumes about the progress that gay Americans have made over the [...]

MONTEVALLO, Alabama — The familiar phrases filled the Montevallo High School auditorium this morning as Bennisha Peoples added a deep and booming tone to her normally soft voice to emulate the speaker’s famous 1963 speech. About 140 marchers walk along Main Street in Montevallo as part of events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day [...]

This weekend, millions of Americans served their communities and made commitments to volunteer to make a difference in their communities and for the causes they care about over the next year as part of the Inauguration’s National Day of Service. Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, his quote, “Everybody can be great because anybody can [...]

During his protest there in May 1963, the biblical spectacle of black children facing down Public Safety Commissioner Eugene (Bull) Connor’s fire hoses and police dogs set the stage for King’s Sermon on the Mount some four months later at the Lincoln Memorial. And the civil rights movement’s “Year of Birmingham” passed into history as [...]

His death was confirmed by his daughter Mary Hood. On the morning of June 11, 1963, Mr. Hood and Ms. Malone, backed by a federal court order, sought to become the first blacks to successfully pursue a degree at Alabama. A black woman, Autherine Lucy, had been admitted in 1956 but was suspended three days [...]

Alabama offensive guard Chance Warmack answers question from the media at a Books A Million Event in Trussville on Sunday, January 20, 2013. (Ana Rodriguez/al.com)   TRUSSVILLE, Alabama — Today, it was all about the fans. Alabama offensive guard Chance Warmack signed autographs and posed for pictures with a couple hundred Crimson Tide fans today [...]

Birmingham is Alabama’s largest city and played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. A statue at Kelly Ingram Park honors demonstrators from the marches.(Photo: Courtesy of Greater Birmingham Convention Visitors Bureau) Birmingham made history in 1963, and in 2013 the Alabama city will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the events that led to [...]

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Alabama 50, Texas Aamp,M 49 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Trevor Lacey scored 14 points and hit the game-winning jumper with 9 seconds left as Alabama overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to edge Texas AM 50-49 Saturday. Playing the 2,500th game in its 100-year program history, the Crimson Tide (11-6, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed 20-6 early and 26-15 [...]

Head coach Nick Saban addressed the crowd on the sunny day, along with UA president Judy Bonner, Director of Athletics Mal Moore and BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock. “(Saban) is the best coach, in my opinion, in the United States,” Moore said. “Thank God he’s on our side.” A “2012” etching was unveiled at the [...]