The Southern Circuit tour of independent filmmakers closes at Mobile’s Ben May Main Library with a documentary about a Black student’s run for homecoming queen against the University of Alabama’s Machine.
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Mobile County Democrats Take Their Meetings on the Road and Eye Two GOP-Held House Seats
The county Democratic executive committee planned to meet around the county during 2009 to build interest, as two Democrats were reported preparing challenges to Republican state Reps. Victor Gaston and Jim Barton.
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Mobile Council Field Takes Shape: Hudson Seeks a Third Term, Wallace Courts District 3
With municipal elections set for the summer of 2009, Councilwoman Connie Hudson announced a bid for a third term while challenger Ron Wallace scheduled his first community meeting in District 3.
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Oral Histories, a Climate Teach-In and a Bridge Reopening: Mobile’s Late-Winter Calendar
A national oral history project came to Mobile’s libraries, students organized a global warming teach-in at South Alabama, tourism officials courted snowbirds, and the Navco Road bridge neared reopening.