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Decades after Civil Rights movement, Alabama parish gives ‘doubly sacred’ witness to faith, freedom

Decades after Civil Rights movement, Alabama parish gives ‘doubly sacred’ witness to faith, freedom

Friday, February 27, 2026

The City of St. Jude Parish hosted thousands of Civil Rights marchers amid a push for justice in the segregated 1960s South.

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