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Thursday, February 14, 2013  The Albany Civil Rights Movement has spanned more than fifty years; one church's pastor has experienced it all.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  Updated with video; Children are getting cell phones at younger ages and parents may think of it as a convenient way to access their kids but some say cell phones also have their down sides.

Friday, February 03, 2012  Updated with video; A decision to segregate some Lee County Middle School classrooms by gender has some parents heated.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Updated with video; Looking at racial demographics in Dougherty County public and private schools.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Updated with video; A new study conducted by Stanford University and released by the Russell Sage Foundation and Brown University reveals a wider division of residential segregation.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Evelyn Toney was the first woman arrested during the Albany Civil Rights Movement and it all began at the bus station on November 22, 1961.

Friday, February 04, 2011  Each Sunday, many Southwest Georgians still segregate themselves at church.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  Jim Crow Laws segregated whites and blacks in separate schools, separate bathrooms, and drinking from separate water fountains for 89 years. The “separate but equal” philosophy was officially outlawed in 1965. But desegregating some parts of the country has been slow and Albany is a prime example.

Sunday, October 31, 2010  Lessons for 'don't ask, don't tell': US military smashed racial barriers during Jim Crow

Thursday, October 29, 2009  Georgia Rep. John Lewis and the man who attacked him during a civil rights protest in 1961 have been chosen to receive the Common Ground award.

Thursday, June 18, 2009  Senate unanimously OKs apology for slavery, segregation in time for Junteenth; goes to House