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The Birmingham Times Staff  Birmingham has a number of tourist attractions, institutions, stories and people to share with the world.  Some are annual events, some longstanding...

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times DeJuana Thompson, president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), doesn’t remember a year of her youth in...

Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com Plans are shaping up for the return of the Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival. Two months after announcing the return of...

The Birmingham Times/AL.com Juneteenth is a holiday that seems to get a little more joyous across Alabama every year, and judging from the ever-increasing number...

bcri.org (The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute issued this statement on the massacre of innocent shoppers in Buffalo, NY) On May 14 a mass shooting occurred...

The Birmingham Times DeJuana Thompson will serve as president and CEO of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute without the "interim" designation, the board announced on Wednesday. Thompson,...

By Haley Wilson  The Birmingham Times  Belinda Hines was at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Monday, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...

By Joseph Hooven pelicans.com The Birmingham Squadron, NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, will host a celebration of the life and legacy of...

By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times It’s a sunny fall afternoon, and Odessa Woolfolk has made her way to the Titusville branch of the...

By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times When former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington Jr. assembled a 21-member task force to spearhead the creation of the...