Mobile demonstrators call for repeal of Alabama’s monument protection law
A small group of demonstrators gathered in downtown Mobile on a Sunday evening to call for the repeal of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act and the removal of statues and…
Mobile Leaders to Host ‘Road to Unity’ Race Relations Town Hall
Community leaders across the Gulf Coast are coming together to address racism and build understanding during a live town hall event scheduled for this week. “The Road to Unity: A…
Mobile Protesters Rally at Mardi Gras Park for Justice for Jacob Blake
MOBILE, Ala. — The police shooting of a 29-year-old man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has reignited a national reckoning over race and policing — and in Mobile, local groups took that…
Daphne Relays Presidential Proclamation as Flags Fly at Half-Staff for Rep. John Lewis
The City of Daphne shared a presidential proclamation on July 18, 2020 directing that the American flag be flown at half-staff nationwide in honor of Representative John Lewis, the Georgia…
Mobile Organizers Join Blackout Day Push to Steer Spending to Black-Owned Businesses
A national campaign asking Black Americans to withhold their spending for a single day, or to direct it exclusively to Black-owned businesses, drew organizers in Mobile into the effort. The…
‘Just Recognized’: Downtown Mobile to Paint Black Lives Matter Mural for Juneteenth
Mobile was set to join a growing list of American cities putting the Black Lives Matter message directly on their streets, with organizers planning to paint the words on Conti…
Two Pensacola Protest Leaders Named to Police Citizens Advisory Committee
Two young activists who helped lead Pensacola’s recent demonstrations have been nominated to serve on a citizens advisory committee the city is forming to review the Police Department. Mayor Grover…
Mobile Council Committee to Weigh Dropping the Word ‘Race’ from City Forms
A Mobile City Council committee is set to take up a proposal that would scrub the word “race” from the city’s forms and documents, replacing it with “ethnicity” in official…
Several Hundred People March Through Downtown Pensacola in Peaceful Protest
Up to 300 people marched down Palafox Street in downtown Pensacola Friday evening in a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with the black community. The march began at Plaza de Luna…
Pensacola protest organizer tells mayor ‘we are here to stay until we get change’
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is asking peaceful protesters to leave Graffiti Bridge after some demonstrators stepped into the street at the Three Mile Bridge over the weekend. The appeal came…