Tag: AG Gaston

By Mike Green In her book “The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship” business historian Juliet E. K. Walker refers to the era...

By Gaynelle Adams Jackson Co-founder AG Gaston Conference In 2005 Robert Dickerson Jr., Executive Director of the Birmingham Business Resource Center and I co-founded and hosted...

By Jasmine Phillips For the Birmingham Times As small business owners, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and community advocates in Birmingham get ready to engage with one another...

BY ZT DUNN Special to the Birmingham Times  Living under Jim Crow in Birmingham, a Black person had to navigate a world of restrictions. They couldn't...

By Michael Sznajderman Alabama Newscenter For more than 50 years, the A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club has been serving youths from Bessemer and Birmingham’s west side. But...

Compiled by Erica Wright The iconic A.G. Gaston Motel in downtown Birmingham is about to get a new look. This week, city and national officials...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Rochelle Malone remembers the times she went fishing with her great-grandfather, Birmingham business mogul, Dr. Arthur George Gaston.  “He would always...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Speaking at the 15th annual A.G. Gaston Conference this week in Birmingham, Dr. Boyce Watkins, author, economist and political analyst,...

By Robert Dickerson In its 15th year, the A.G. Gaston Conference has become one of Birmingham’s premier Black History Month events. The conference will be...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times The 14th annual A.G. Gaston Conference kicked off Tuesday and wrapped up Wednesday with more than a dozen workshops, seminars...