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Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Represented Civil Rights Giants, Becoming One

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By Chuck Chandler Alabama Newscenter Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens. Fred D. Gray Sr. can. The...

Important Recently Released Books on Understanding Slavery

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By James L. Baggett The stain of slavery, America’s original sin, runs through our history and culture. And the blight of racism remains with us,...

Important African American historical collections added to UAB Libraries

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UAB News The University of Alabama at Birmingham Libraries have added new resource collections focused on African American studies and history. The libraries have added several seminal...

Birmingham celebrates Black History Month with these activities   

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By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Honoring Black History Month may look and feel different this year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic but there...

Nashville’s Newest Museum Traces History Of Black Music Across Genres

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By Kristin M. Hall Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story of Black musical...

Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies

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NBC News Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband...

At age 96, Birmingham Business Legend Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr....

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By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Legendary businessman Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. smoothly makes the 20-minute drive from Birmingham’s historic Smithfield neighborhood, where he lives,...

Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Recalls His Lifelong Friendship With Gov. George...

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By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times When Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. was a student with the school newspaper at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, just...

Alabama Native Named First Black Secretary of the Senate

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BY Zack Budryk The Hill  Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday named Sonceria “Ann” Berry secretary of the Senate, the first African American woman to hold the...

Word on The Street

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Compiled by Erica Wright We asked Birmingham-area residents, What moment in Black History stands out for you? REGGIE COOK: “There are so many, but I would...