For 11 of the 12 predominantly white, four-year colleges and universities in Alabama, Black student population outcomes split in the last five years: Five schools lost students, while the other ...

Using 2021 data, the incarceration rate for Black youth was 228 per 100,000 vs. 74 per 100,000 for white kids. In Alabama, the report recommends major investments in decarceration.

Education Lab; 6 of every 10 Alabama students in high-poverty schools are Black: What experts think should be done. Published: ; May. 16, 2024, 7:16 a.m.

The makeup of Alabama’s District 2, with a Black voting-age population of 48.7%, resulted from the recommendations of a special master in a 2023 case decided by the Supreme Court, ... “There will be a ...

NEWBERN, Ala. (AP) — The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white city officials blocked him from taking office, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement ...

The congressional plan Alabama drew after the 2020 census made six out of the seven districts majority White, even though 27% of the state’s population is Black.

Alabama's Patrick Braxton was excited to become his town of Newbern's mayor-elect. But as the first Black person elected mayor of Newbern, he immediately ran into obstacles.

By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The town of Newbern, Alabama and a Black man who was prevented from becoming the town’s mayor after winning his 2020 election, have reached a proposed settlement ...

The University of Alabama is requiring the Black Student Union, a minority advocacy group, to close its current office in the flagship’s student center, according to a BSU Instagram post. Union ...

Federal judges ruled Alabama discriminated against Black residents in drawing congressional districts, and now the court must decide whether to require the state receive federal approval of its maps.

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional plan with a second Black majority district ...