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Alabama will experience various weather threats today. Depending on your location your threat could be severe weather, flooding, or winter weather.

Alabama will experience various weather threats today. Depending on your location your threat could be severe weather, flooding, or winter weather.

Alabama will experience various weather threats today. Depending on your location your threat could be severe weather, flooding, or winter weather.

Alabama will experience various weather threats today. Depending on your location your threat could be severe weather, flooding, or winter weather.

He fought for racial justice and economic equality, and was one of the first to call for reparations for the descendants of Black slaves.

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Owens, the first Black state senator in Massachusetts, who fought for racial justice and economic equality and was one of the first to call for reparations

Bill Owens, 84, was the first Black state senator in Massachusetts; he fought for racial justice and economic equality

Former state Sen. Bill Owens was nationally known as the modern "Godfather of reparations" and is responsible for the creation of several state programs.

Bill Owens, the first Black state senator in Massachusetts, has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84.

He was first elected to the state House in 1972 and served two stints in the Senate starting in 1974 until 1992.