At 83, Fairhope Civil Rights Veteran Bob Zellner Says the Work Isn’t Finished
Six decades after he became one of the few white Southerners to join the front lines of the civil rights movement, Bob Zellner is still working full time — and…
Two Mobile Churches, One Congregation: How a Shared Service Is Bridging the Racial Divide
On a Sunday morning in Midtown Mobile, the pews at All Saints Episcopal Church were fuller than usual. Members of the predominantly white congregation were joined by worshippers from Bethel…
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…
One Year In: A Look Back at Mayor Stimpson’s First Term Challenges
A review of Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson's first year in office, covering budget struggles, blight, litter and efforts to recruit Airbus suppliers.
Mobile Mayor, City Councilman to Share Stage at Race Relations Town Hall
Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Councilman Fred Richardson joined a panel for a Veterans Day town hall meeting focused on race relations in the city.
Stimpson Puts the Pay-Raise Question in His Department Heads’ Hands as Mobile Shapes Its 2015 Budget
Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the size of Mobile employees' 2015 pay raise would depend on what department heads build into their budgets, while he prepared a citywide plan to attack…
Two Little Girls, a Front Porch in Oakleigh and a Yard Sign Nobody Expected
Five days before the presidential election, a Mobile attorney sat on his Oakleigh porch in a funny hat and overheard two trick-or-treaters puzzle over the campaign signs in a white…
‘We Are in the Golden Age Now’: A Councilman on Race Relations in Mobile
Asked in March 2005 to name Mobile's golden age, City Councilman Fred Richardson answered with the present tense, and pointed to a small change in newspaper style as a milestone.
Councilman Predicts No Racial Backlash From Mobile’s 2005 Mayoral Race
With Mayor Mike Dow expected to step aside, Councilman Fred Richardson said Mobile's history suggests voters will accept the outcome of the August mayoral election without racial discord, whoever wins.