Winning the mayoral race in Anniston, Alabama, Ciara Smith has officially become the youngest and first African American mayor in the history of Anniston. The Spelman College alum, who also serves as ...

Two historical markers, one related to women’s suffrage and another to African American heritage, were recently damaged in the city of Decatur, according to a release from the police department. While ...

The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town has overwhelmingly won an election, four years after White residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve. Incumbent Mayor Patrick ...

The first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town has taken a landslide victory this week in a mayoral election – four years after white residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him ...