racial segregation

Hoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for the Associated Press who covered key events in the American South, has died. He was 93. Harwell covered the aftermath of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and the civil rights activists protesting against segregation in the South.

The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who endured slavery's brutality. The park opening March 27 is the third site created by the Equal Justice Initiative, which is dedicated to taking an unflinching look at the nation's history.

The United States Justice Department is suing the Housing Authority of Ashland in Alabama for segregating low-income apartments.The suit was filed Tuesday…