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Historical marker honoring the Graetz to be unveiled in Sunday ceremony View Comments The late Robert and Jeannie Graetz, who endured multiple attacks due to their support of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, will be honored Sunday during a ceremony to unveil a historic marker outside their home on Dunbar Street.  "Its something that is long overdue," historian Richard Bailey, who organized the ceremony, said. "When we reflect on the contribution of Robert and Jeannie Gratez, we find a couple that ...

At the end of a long week, Meta Ellis had a few minutes to recline into a chartreuse couch in downtown Montgomery’s Bayard Rustin Community Center and Thrift Store.  Ellis, director of Montgomery Pride United and co-founder of the center, had just wrapped up discussions on distributing a settlement reward from the city to homeless plaintiffs over a punitive 2019 panhandling law. Stacks of home goods surrounded the couch, awaiting sorting for an upcoming silent auction to benefit the center e...

10 of the most influential African Americans in history Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., discusses his planned poor peoples demonstration from the pulpit of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1968. (AP Photo) (Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS) By Mykal Vincent | February 9, 2021 at 7:48 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 10:51 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In celebration of Black History Month, in no particular order, here are 10 of the most influential African Americans in histo...

Memorial service held for early civil rights supporter Jean Graetz Memorial service held in Montgomery for civil rights activist Jean Graetz By WSFA Staff | January 24, 2021 at 5:11 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 6:23 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A memorial service was held in remembrance of civil rights pioneer Jean Graetz Sunday. The service was held at the historic First Baptist Church in Montgomery. Graetz graduated from Alabama State University at 85-years-old with a degree in educati...

Alabama News Updated: Jean Graetz with hustband, Rev. Robert Graetz Photo by David Campbell/ASU The family of Jean Graetz, a nationally-known civil rights pioneer, held a virtual memorial service for her Sunday. Graetz died last month at her home in Montgomery at the age of 90. The service can be seen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PHQ2oJfaJ2g The service was held at Montgomery’s historic First Baptist Church (brick-a-day church), which played an important role during the early days of the civ...

Memorial set for Jean Graetz, early civil rights supporter January 23, 2021 GMT FILE - In this December 2005 file photo, Rev. Robert Graetz, second from left, and wife, Jeannie, sing along with Gladys Williams, right, on the Cleveland Avenue bus, during the walk of remembrance to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92. (Karen S. Doerr/The Mont...

NEW YORK — The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vaticans top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee. A United Methodist Church bishop in the West African nation of Sierra Leone died in a traffic accident in August as he was engaged in efforts to resolve the denominations conflicts over inclusion of LGBTQ people. Back in March, a 49-year-old priest in Brooklyn became the first Catholic cleric in the United States killed by the coro...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vatican’s top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee. A United Methodist Church bishop in the West African nation of Sierra Leone died in a traffic accident in August as he was engaged in efforts to resolve the denomination’s conflicts over inclusion of LGBTQ people. Back in March, a 49-year-old priest in Brooklyn became the first Catholic cleric in the United States killed ...

Closing Thought–31Dec20 The last day of the year and as per my tradition I want to look back at the year this site has had….. I know very little about mine, IST, other than the amount of likes and visitors…..it was never really that important to me to know my standing in the world…that is just another headache I can avoid. I am not a blogger that spends more time checking my stats than actually trying to educate the reader on a wide array of topics. I admit that I check my WP stats a co...

Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by...