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African American Civil Rights Consortium event aims to preserve Alabama Civil Rights Churches
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in Mandeville Canyon received an unpleasant notice from their bank: their home equity lines of credit were being slashed. “I was appalled,” Pelton told KTLA 5 News on Thursday. “I thought it was unconscionable what they did. […]
Alabama leaders working to preserve, increase tourism to civil rights historical sites
An effort to preserve civil rights heritage sites and share stories of the past with communities in order to keep the history alive.The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium hosted a two-day event to teach and empower communities to continue sharing the stories from the civil rights movement.
African American Civil Rights Heritage Consortium working to preserve historic churches
The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Consortium is working to expand tourism to historic civil rights churches in Alabama that played a big role in the movement.
African American Civil Rights Heritage Consortium working to preserve historic Alabama Civil Rights Churches
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in Mandeville Canyon received an unpleasant notice from their bank: their home equity lines of credit were being slashed. “I was appalled,” Pelton told KTLA 5 News on Thursday. “I thought it was unconscionable what they did. […]
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