Nov 29th, 2008 · The election's red-to-blue trend reached all the way into Alabama's second district near Montgomery, where Mayor Bobby Bright defeated a GOP candidate despite the odds. Bright, a conservative Democrat will bring his pro-life, pro-gun and anti-bailout positions into the freshman mix in Washington.
Sep 15th, 2008 · Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy Monday, but the company had many missions and monikers over the years. It began as H. Lehman general store in Montgomery, Ala., in 1844 before becoming one of the "Big Five" investment banks.
Aug 2nd, 2008 · The Modern Library has released a special edition of Anne of Green Gables in honor of the book's centennial. Writer Gwenda Bond, who blogs about children's books and young-adult literature, discusses the importance of L.M. Montgomery's classic novel and her personal attachment to Anne.
Feb 25th, 2008 · Tell Me More remembers longtime civil rights activist Johnnie Rebecca Carr is dead at the age of 97. Carr was a childhood friend of Rosa Parks, and led the Montgomery Improvement Association for decades. The organization was formed after Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Feb 23rd, 2008 · Johnnie Rebecca Carr, one of the lesser-known leaders of the civil rights movement, died Friday in Montgomery, Ala., after suffering a stroke earlier this month. She was 97.
May 10th, 2007 · A retired Alabama state trooper turned himself in to authorities a day after he was indicted for a fatal shooting 42 years ago. James Fowler has maintained he fired in self-defense when a young black man died during a civil rights demonstration. That death sparked the march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.
Mar 2nd, 2007 · The political news of the week includes this Sunday's Selma, Ala., commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march. Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton will all be in attendance.
Jan 15th, 2007 · Michele Norris talks with Michael Rose, executive director of the Atlanta History Center and co-curator of the exhibit "I Have a Dream: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection," which opened today. The exhibit features 600 of the 10,000 artifacts purchased at auction from Sotheby's last year by a consortium of Atlanta interests, and includes index cards King used to collect quotes or jot down thoughts, a mimeographed copy of instructions that were handed out to participants in the Montgomery bus boycott, and the only existing copy of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" with his handwriting.