Greensboro News

On April 13, 2013 I completed my 5th Degree Black Belt Test in Greensboro, Alabama at a house build for an organization there that hosts our martial arts association each year.

<![CDATA[GREENSBORO, Ala. (AP) -- A reward is being offered in the death of a man who was killed in a home invasion robbery in 2009. WBRC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/10AiYxb ) the Hale County Sherriff's office is offering a $5,000 reward to help find the suspect or suspects who killed Jerrold Lewis in Sawyerville in July of 2009. Authorities are asking tipsters to call CrimeStoppers at 334-624-4659.

In rural Hale County, Alabama, 25 percent of working-age adults are on disability, and as a result, they get a check from the government averaging about $1,000 a month.

As our community commemorates the 50th anniversary of 1963 - that pivotal year for Birmingham and for the country as a whole - many of us have a question to ask ourselves: It's not an easy question to answer.

"What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of America.