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By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Last fall, Ahinoam Israel opened a café in Bessemer to provide herbal supplements that have helped her and can help...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Internationally recognized dancer and choreographer Germaul Barnes could have chosen anywhere in the world to teach, but he will be...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times As national president of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Birmingham’s Felicia Johnson helps women grow through leadership, education, networking...

By Jasmine Shaw For the Birmingham Times After Tamika Harris reached her heaviest weight of 235 pounds, she had a chance encounter that proved life-changing. “I was...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Working for the Howard University campus radio station gave Yolaine Joseph an opportunity to do something no one else had...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For the Birmingham Times Fact might seem stranger than fiction if a young Jamel Lajuan, born Jamel Lajuan Jackson, could see himself...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Daagye Hendricks is not one to remain stationary. The Birmingham Board of Education member, businesswoman and mom of a 16-year-old,...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Welcome to Third Thursdays! This series—published in the Birmingham Times on the third Thursday of every month—highlights area citizens who...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Justin Slaughter, a recent graduate of Center Point High School, has gone from a self-taught artist to first-place winner in...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times In the past two years, Caroline Japal has used her talents to not only create an art magazine but also...