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Lessons From History: The 1963 Bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Early in the century, when he was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, former Senator Doug Jones prosecuted Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, who as members of the Ku Klux Klan participated in the 1963 … Continue reading →

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60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Trish Nelson

60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday  contributed by Molly Regan Saturday, March 8, 2025 1:00PM – 2:30PM MLK Interpretive Center 501 N. Brady St., Davenport, Iowa Join us, on an educational journey, as we discuss the events leading up to, and … Continue reading →

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