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Author: Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser

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Alabama passes expanded version of transgender ‘bathroom bill’ that includes LGBTQ discussion ban

April 8, 2022Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Alabama passes expanded version of transgender ‘bathroom bill’ that includes LGBTQ discussion ban

The move comes as more than a dozen states have introduced similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.

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‘Great burden has been lifted’: Alabama medical marijuana bill headed to Gov. Kay Ivey after historic votes, resistance

May 6, 2021Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on ‘Great burden has been lifted’: Alabama medical marijuana bill headed to Gov. Kay Ivey after historic votes, resistance

The Alabama Legislature Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would create a statewide medical marijuana program, following two historic votes.

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Southern schools’ history textbooks: A long history of deception, and what the future holds

December 7, 2020Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Southern schools’ history textbooks: A long history of deception, and what the future holds

For decades, Southern textbooks taught histories that distorted or ignored Black experiences.

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Robert Graetz, the white minister who helped organize 1950s Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 92

September 21, 2020Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Robert Graetz, the white minister who helped organize 1950s Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 92

Robert Graetz was the only white minister who supported the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott, making him a target of segregationists.

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Calls grow to rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge after John Lewis. Some civil rights veterans say no

July 18, 2020July 19, 2020Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Calls grow to rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge after John Lewis. Some civil rights veterans say no

“They weren’t marching to change a symbol. They were marching to change a system,” Selma Mayor Darrio Melton said of John Lewis’ Bloody Sunday protest.

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Thomas Blanton, last KKK member involved in Birmingham church bombing that killed 4 girls, dies

June 26, 2020Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Thomas Blanton, last KKK member involved in Birmingham church bombing that killed 4 girls, dies

Blanton was convicted of the murder of 4 girls in 2001, nearly four decades after the terrorist attack.

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Alabama executes man as accomplice in 2004 police murders

March 5, 2020Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Alabama executes man as accomplice in 2004 police murders

Nathaniel Woods was put to death amid a storm of appeals and protests from supporters who noted that Woods did not actually kill the officers.

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Abortion rights groups sue to block Alabama’s near-total ban

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Abortion rights groups sue to block Alabama’s near-total ban

The near-total abortion ban in Alabama is scheduled to go into effect in November, but Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are suing to block it.

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Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

Law criminalizing procedure in nearly all cases likely to face legal challenges

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Planned Parenthood readies challenge to near-total abortion ban in Alabama

May 15, 2019Brian Lyman, Montgomery AdvertiserComments Off on Planned Parenthood readies challenge to near-total abortion ban in Alabama

Planned Parenthood president says near-total ban “will cost women’s lives;” Ivey mum on whether she will sign it

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