Birmingham African American Genealogy Group

A research group from The University of Alabama has published a website about the role of slavery on the campus before the Civil War.

The military confirms as many as 121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery have been discovered at a U.S. Air Force base in Florida. Alabama Public Radio uncovered similar results in its national award-winning investigation “No Stone Unturned.”

APR news director Pat Duggins, and University of Alabama’s Digital Media Center General Manager Dr. Michael Bruce, represented the news team in New York City during the Edward R. Murrow Awards gala.

Alabamians are being invited to discover their own history. The State’s Department of Archives and History is hosting workshops to help locals learn more about their family trees.