Tag: Birmingham Public Library
Birmingham Celebrates National Poetry Month with These Area Events
The Birmingham Times
The sixth annual Magic City Poetry Festival kicks off April 2 with readings at the Hoover Public Library from 6 to 8...
Retired Birmingham Library Archivist: ‘You Can’t Cancel Me’ Now
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
For historians, authors, researchers, academics, or anyone else looking for information about city of Birmingham history, the road usually leads...
Jim Baggett on the Gems Few Know About in BPL Archives
By Roy L. Williams
Birmingham Public Library
Jim Baggett, the Birmingham Public Library’s award-winning head archivist for over 30 years, retired Friday, June 23.
As head of...
Birmingham Library Hosts 3rd Week of Black History Month Programs
bplonlinemews.com
The Birmingham Public Library (BPL)'s celebration of Black History Month is into its third week. Throughout February, BPL is hosting free programs and activities for patrons in 15 libraries across...
Birmingham Public Library Asks City For More Funding to Keep Open...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Public Library (BPL) has had its budget cut by nearly $4 million since 2010 and needs more funding,...
Central Library begins 10-week exhibit on the eviction...
bplolinenews.blogspot.com
A traveling exhibition on a 10-city national tour to raise attention about the eviction crisis across the country is coming to the Birmingham Public...
Resident calls for resignation of Birmingham library board after letter to...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
A West End resident called for the resignations of the Birmingham Public Library’s Board of Trustees at Tuesday’s City Council...
The Late Shelly Millender Jr., Who Helped Desegregate Birmingham Library, Honored
By Roy L. Williams
cobpl.org
The Board of Trustees of the Birmingham Public Library presented a resolution to the family of the late Shelly Millender Jr.,...
Birmingham’s 150th Summer Celebration to take place at Legion Field on...
birminghamal.gov
The City of Birmingham is turning 150 years old this year and will celebrate the milestone on Friday, July 16 during the 150th Summer Celebration from...
Read-In for Justice to be Held June 18 in Ensley
By Roy L. Williams
cobpl.org
Kick off your 2021 Juneteenth weekend by joining the Birmingham Public Library’s first in-person Read-In for Justice.
This nationally-recognized program will be...
