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Film explores a living oral history that reckons with the long shadow of slavery

Margaret Brown's documentary 'Descendant' forcefully surfaces history for the Alabama community whose ancestors survived the slave ship the Clotilda.

Film explores a living oral history that reckons with the long shadow of slavery

Film explores a living oral history that reckons with the long shadow of slavery

Two powerful documentaries explore different aspects of Black history this week, in each case shedding light on misrepresented chapters.

One of the best films of the year, Margaret Brown's “Descendant” is, strictly speaking, about the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship.

Let’s meander down the once vibrant but long-since silenced streets of these historic Alabama ghost towns.

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After weeks of threatening to do so, an environmentalist group is suing Alabama Power Co.

The group wants to force Alabama Power to give up plans to permanently leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pit along the Mobile River.