A group of veterans, active duty military and Anniston locals gathered Thursday at the Berman Museum to remember this day in American history, the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, D-Day. Read the full storyD-Day history taught during 80th anniversary memorial
When the Calhoun County Courthouse caught fire in 1931, the Oxford Fire Department, as well as private residents, helped assist Anniston’s 13 firefighters.
On Thursday afternoon city of Anniston officials, Jacksonville State representatives and other stakeholders learned about a master plan that will overhaul the trail system at the Anniston Museum and Gardens and could link it to the Chief Ladiga Trail system.
To celebrate Juneteenth Anniston is hosting a Heritage Festival at Zinn Park this Saturday that will feature multi-platinum R&B group Silk.
The Center for Domestic Preparedness hosted a Black History Month celebration at its McClellan based facility Wednesday, and invited one of the last two living original Freedom Riders, Charles Person, as the guest speaker.
The 11-year-old girl’s powerful performance of Black Girl Magic by Mahogany L. Browne brought some to tears and is exactly why the festival is held every year.
OXFORD — The town of Oxford was officially incorporated as a city on Feb. 7, 1852, and city officials want residents of the community to celebrate the special day.
Speaking at the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County, McCarty, 74, of Oxford, told members of the AlaBenton Genealogical Society about the state’s covered bridges.
The small Anniston gathering was part of a larger-scale nationally observed protest on the 50-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision issued by the Supreme Court, which legalized abortion in the U.S.
Company officials listened to the recording and heard, for their first time, instrumental versions of the jingle, which may have been the original one, along with a version of the song with the words.
Former Army Reserves commanders of the 3rd Battalion 15th Field Artillery Regiment are searching for other former members of the unit for a reunion at the Talladega Bottling Company on Dec. 2, at 6 p.m.
The annual prisoner of war memorial ceremony at the German-Italian Memorial Cemetery at McClellan will be open to the public this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. for the first time in three years.
The Freedom Riders National Monument with the National Parks Service hosted the 61st Anniversary of the Freedom Riders in Anniston. The all-day event had tons of activities, such as a replica of the Greyhound bus that was firebombed on Mother's Day, May 14 1961. The celebration Saturday feat…
Photos of West 15th Street revitalization.
Photos of World Changers volunteers and their helping hands in Anniston.
Photos of the Oxford July Palooza on Main St. in downtown Oxford.
Jacksonville State University hosts the premiere of “A Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story” at 6 p.m. Thursday night at Ernest Stone Performing Arts Center.
Anniston City Manager Steven Folks said it’s time for the city to come up with a replacement plan for the trees — something that council members have also mentioned in recent days
The Shoal Creek Church, built in 1895, got a much-needed facelift last year, which included a new floor, new floor joists and additional bracing to shore up its sagging roof.
How we view the celebration of the Freedom Riders, and the many other celebrations of historical significance to Black Americans, is much debated.
How could this average, small-town street, busy with hardware, grocery and seed stores become a global destination?
In the spring of 1961, an interracial group of 13 “Freedom Riders” set out to challenge discriminatory state laws and local custom that required races be separated on buses and in bus station facilities. By the end of 1961, over 400 Freedom Riders risked their lives criss-crossing the South on more than 50 Rides.
Within hours of the attack, FBI agents were out in force in the community, knocking on doors and gathering evidence. They interviewed dozens of residents, and encountered considerable resistance among the white population of Anniston.
The students did not give up. It's an attitude that carried them through a successful movie theater integration campaign and toward the Freedom Rides. While they were celebrating their victories, they also heard about the defeat of the Freedom Riders in Alabama.
The only surviving arrestee from the infamous 1961 bus-burning attack on civil rights Freedom Riders traveling the South says: “I was blind, but now I see.”
Her memories are littered with moments of her father’s hatred toward Blacks, and even the thought of what he might do impacted her life.
