Debbie Elliott
Stories
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History
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, protesters say much still needs to be done
Sixty years ago this month, civil rights activists walked across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama before being violently attacked by law enforcement. The day became known as Bloody Sunday.
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National
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.
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Race & Identity
60 years since Bloody Sunday, Selma's civil rights activists carry on the legacy
Modern day civil rights activists are working to fight poverty and violence in the city that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act 60 years ago.
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History
A look at the past — and the future — as Selma marks 60 years since Bloody Sunday
Decades after law officers attacked voting rights marchers, we revisit the event that helped spark passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and hear what civil rights activists are doing in Selma today.
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National
New Orleans residents say they won't let an act of terror destroy the city's spirit
Following the New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans, people who live in the French Quarter discuss what's ahead for them and their neighborhood.
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National
Investigators have a clearer picture of a Texas man accused of New Orleans attack
Authorities in New Orleans and Texas are piecing together why a man drove a pick-up truck down Bourbon Street on New Year's Day -- killing 14 and injuring dozens of others.
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National Security
The latest on the New Year's attack in New Orleans
At least 10 people are dead and dozens more are injured after a pickup truck plowed through a crowd of people in New Orleans on famed Bourbon Street.
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National
Memphis police regularly violate civil rights, DOJ finds
The Justice Department finds Memphis police regularly violate the civil rights of citizens, engaging in unconstitutional tactics like excessive use of force and discriminating against Black residents.
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National
Gospel-focused racial reconciliation in the Deep South
Two former leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, one Black and one white, want to bridge the Deep South's racial divide with faith-based discussions in cities once active in the slave trade.
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Arts & Life
Gospel-focused racial reconciliation in the Deep South
Two former presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention work to foster racial reconciliation with frank dialogues in southern cities that were involved in the U.S. slave trade.
