Debbie Elliott

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Remembering dark chapter in civil rights history: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Friday, September 15, 2023

People in Birmingham, Ala., are gathering to remember the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church 60 years ago. The bombing, which killed four girls, helped to spur passage of the Civil Rights Act.

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Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Thursday, September 14, 2023

This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

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Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

After the beating death of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers in January and other abuses that have come to light, the police department is under mounting pressure to change its culture.

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Idalia is a hurricane ahead of hitting Florida's Gulf Coast

Monday, August 28, 2023

The tropical system is expected to strengthen into a "major" category 3 hurricane before coming ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast. Residents in some areas are being told to evacuate.

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NPR poll examines independent voters' responses to questions on social issues

Friday, June 23, 2023

As Republicans continue to stand by Donald Trump and the Supreme Court marks the first anniversary of the Dobbs decision, independent voters across the country weigh in on the top issues of the day.

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Days of searching turns tragic as all 5 people aboard the Titan are dead

Friday, June 23, 2023

Scrutiny mounts on U.S.-based company OceanGate Expeditions after an implosion is believed to have killed five men aboard a submersible that triggered a multinational search and rescue effort.

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A year after the Dobbs abortion ruling, the impact nationwide has been dramatic

Friday, June 23, 2023

It's been nearly a year since the Supreme Court overturned decades of abortion-rights precedent with its Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

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Morning news brief

Friday, June 23, 2023

Coast Guard says all five people aboard a tourist sub are believed dead after an implosion. Saturday marks a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. Independent voters weigh in on social issues.

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Birmingham soul band St. Paul and the Broken Bones gets folksy in new album

Thursday, June 22, 2023

For "Angels in Science Fiction" front man Paul Janeway wrote songs about fatherhood, love and starfish.

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Morning news brief

Thursday, June 22, 2023

President Biden is rolling out the red carpet for India's prime minister. The search continues for missing submersible in the North Atlantic. The NTSB is holding hearings on the Ohio train derailment.

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Birmingham honors the Black businessman who quietly backed the Civil Rights Movement

Thursday, June 22, 2023

The National Park Service and the city are teaming up to restore the AG Gaston Motel built by Black entrepreneur AG Gaston. It served as a secure space for civil rights leaders to strategize in 1963.

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Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63

Friday, June 09, 2023

NPR has lost one of its singular and most recognizable voices. Morning Edition remembers correspondent Wade Goodwyn, who died of cancer. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 8, 2023.)

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Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63

Thursday, June 08, 2023

Wade Goodwyn had one of public radio's most recognizable voices, but it was his rich writing and keen observations that made him a listener favorite over decades at NPR.

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60 years since 'The Children's Crusade' changed Birmingham and the nation

Friday, June 02, 2023

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

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10 states and scores of local governments sue FEMA over higher flood insurance rates

Thursday, June 01, 2023

The states — from the Gulf Coast, the West and Midwest — along with dozens of municipalities are trying to block rate hikes under the National Flood Insurance Program.

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60 years ago, students joined the civil rights movement with 'The Children's Crusade'

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

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They're strangers with a painful shared bond: Robert E. Lee enslaved their ancestors

Monday, April 24, 2023

The descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and those of the people the Lee family enslaved came together for the first time at Arlington House, the national memorial to Lee in Virginia.

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Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history

Sunday, April 23, 2023

With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous blues trail. Civil rights leaders say many are hungry for more context around the origins of the blues.

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Encore: Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Civil rights trails across the South have proven to be an economic driver. In Mississippi, there's a new push to better tell that history. And now, the federal government is getting involved.

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What we know about the shooting at a birthday party in Alabama

Monday, April 17, 2023

Details are trickling in following Saturday's mass shooting in Dadeville, Ala. Four people were killed and 28 others injured at a "Sweet 16" birthday party.

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