Tag: Black Girl Magic
Meet the 13-Year-Old Accepted to UAB Medical School
The Birmingham Times
Alena Wicker may only be 13, but she’s been busy. A nominee for TIME’s Top Kid of the Year, the college student and founder of The...
19-year-old becomes youngest African American to graduate law school in U.S.
Jala Washington
KTSM El Paso
DALLAS -- Haley Schlitz on Friday became the youngest Black student to graduate from law school in the U.S.
Schlitz walked across...
Birmingham-Area Lawyers on Judge Jackson’s Historic Supreme Court Nomination
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee this week after being the first Black woman...
How Birmingham Attorney C.L. May Raises The Bar And Gives Back
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
When Cynthianther L. May was in elementary school, a group of lawyers visited for career day. They all were dressed...
Meet The Most Prominent Team Behind The World Games 2022
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
There are no typical days at The World Games 2022 (TWG 2022) headquarters in downtown Birmingham. Some days...
How Two Small Business Owners Partnered; Found Success in Birmingham
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
When Tanesha Sims-Summers and Yogi Dada met during a Minority Business Network entrepreneurial event in 2017, there was an immediate...
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Medicare and Medicaid
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
A White House photo featuring dozens of African American members of the Biden-Harris administration circulated the internet...
LaKisha Cargill: Ramsay High Grad and The Business of Inspiration
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham entrepreneur LaKisha Cargill’s creativity always shines, whether it’s through her writing or through the name of her forthcoming apparel...
Birmingham’s Elicia Jacob Has A Touch That Renews and Relaxes
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Elicia Jacob knows about survival on a professional and personal basis. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, in the...
Mary Kate Bush: The Birmingham Native Who Worked For U.S. Presidents
By Mark Kelly
Alabama NewsCenter
Mary Kate Bush‘s career is remarkable by any measure. She has worked for three U.S. presidents. She was among the first...