Tag: activism

By Je’Don Holloway Talley For the Birmingham Times When most in high school wanted to become doctors and lawyers, Sherrette Spicer knew she wanted to chart...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times (Second of two parts on fight against racial injustice from Birmingham) For local activist Erica Robbins, 38, the fight for...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist: Martez Files, When We Fight Files, 29, said his organization, When We Fight—founded this year...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist: DeJuana Thompson, Woke Vote Thompson, 37, was in Kentucky last month to organize a protest...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist: Erica Robbins, Be a Blessing Birmingham Robbins, 38, said social media has been her greatest...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist: Onoyemi Williams, Birmingham Peacemakers Williams, 44, said her focus has been on putting money into...

By Ameera Steward For the Birmingham Times Activist Eric Hall grew up in two cities with names that make people think of Black lives. The 38-year-old is...

Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. — Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus,...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Dr. Angela Davis was able to do something during her recent visit to Birmingham that hadn’t been seen in the...

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA Colin Kaepernick’s more than two year battle with the NFL has come to an end. The former NFL quarterback and the league...