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Brief History. Spanish explorers arrived to this region in 1519, but the first settlement in Alabama was not founded until 1702 by the French. Alabama became a part of the U.S. after the American Revolution. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision ruling racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, which was followed by an intensification of racial tension. Alabama was home to many civil-rights protests, including the famous year-long black boycott of public buses in Montgomery in 1955-56 to protest segregated seating and a Freedom March from Montgomery to Selma led by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965. Since the late 1970s, public attention has largely shifted to economic issues, and further diversification of manufacturing industries.

 

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News Minute: Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge rules the rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico was shielded by its contract with BP from having to pay many pollution claims in the nation's largest offshore oil spill.

Mayhem In Mobile: Where the Tragedy Began
News 5's Blake Brown reports from Mobile Metro Jail where the tragedy unfolded.

Cock Fight Busted up Off Schillinger Road
News 5 has learned the Sheriff's Office was involved in a cockfighting incident over the weekend.

No Vote On Prichard Teen Curfew
The city council did not move forward with Prichard's proposed teen curfew during a meeting on Thursday night. The curfew will be brought up next Thursday again in front of the city council.