In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community

By Aaron Morrison | Associated Press

“I have family who lost everything,” she said Friday. “My great-aunt’s house was leveled. I saw pictures and it’s like the house was never even there.” “Losing everything for somebody who was already working class and already poor financially is devastating,” said Sankara-Jabar, a racial justice activist who now lives just outside of Washington, D.C.

The city is famed for its historic sites: Pettus Bridge, where the Selma-to-Montgomery march is commemorated; Brown Chapel AME Church, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference worked with local activists during the Selma movement; and the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, founded in 1991 and opened near the bridge.

Rachel Bonner, 77, was at home when the tornado struck, ripping the roof and sides away from her home.

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