The state's progress is not just about connectivity—it’s about economic growth, education, and healthcare access for ...

As the region grapples with poor sanitation, groups like the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program are taking it upon ...

The Black Belt region of Alabama was originally named for its dark, fertile topsoil, which gave rise to a prosperous antebellum economy. Now, the region is characterized by high poverty, low ...

During the fall, the Joe Family opens their farm to attendees of the Alabama Audubon Black Belt Birding Festival. Visitors can watch as the Joes harvest hay, an activity that attracts Swallow ...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium hosted a two-day event to teach and empower communities ...

“I just like to sing my soul,” Willie Mae Thornton, better known as Big Mama Thornton, is heard to say in a new documentary ...

Black Belt The Black Belt is a region of the Southern ... The term originally referred to a specific stretch in central Alabama known for its dark, fertile soil. That stretch eventually became ...

Thomasville, which has fewer than 4,000 residents, sits in the middle of Alabama’s Black Belt, so named for its rich, black soil. The rural, southern swath of Alabama is steeped in history and ...

Choctaw County, in Alabama’s Black Belt region, had the highest level of carbon dioxide emissions per capita in the state in 2023, at 283.8 metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) per person ...

Journal The inaugural Historical Marion 2 Selma Bicycle Ride will commemorate the 60th anniversary of one of the most important and notorious moments in Civil Rights history. The cycling event, set ...