Jay Reeves
Jay Reeves, who joined The Associated Press in 1984, is a Birmingham, Ala., multi-format journalist. Over the years, he has covered just about every major story in the South. Recent examples include a massive April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak in Alabama; the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; multiple hurricanes, including Katrina; and the mass shooting at Florida’s Pulse nightclub. Reeves also has reported extensively on civil rights, and he worked on AP’s Divided America project. In addition to writing stories, Reeves is skilled at telling stories through video and photos.
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Alabama Sidesteps Compensation for Survivor of ’63 KKK Church Bombing
In 1963, five girls were gathered at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, when a bomb planted by KKK members went off outside, killing four of them.
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Pastor Shot at by Uvalde Gunman Recounts Terror in Sermon
Texas pastor Gilbert Limones and a coworker at a funeral home were among the first people shot at by the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.
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Alabama Church of ‘Bloody Sunday’ on Endangered Places List
What members of the church that launched a national voting rights movement found when they returned from pandemic lockdown was heartbreaking: termites had compromised the building's structural integrity.
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Fund To Preserve, Assist Black Churches Gets $20m Donation
A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations.
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Many Bible Belt Preachers Silent on Shots During COVID Surge
“A lot of pastors, based on where their congregations are at, are pretty hesitant to do so because this is so charged, and it immediately invites criticism and furor by the segment of your community that’s not on board," Dr. Danny Avula said.
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Alabama Governor Apologizes to ’63 Church Bombing Survivor
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized to Sarah Collins Rudolph, a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls, calling the blast an “egregious injustice,” but declining Wednesday to pay restitution without legislative involvement.
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