Tag: black history
A Birmingham Civil Rights Reformer, and Newspaper Editor, Lost to History
By Michael Sznajderman
Alabama News Center
This story is part of a series of articles, “Bending Toward Justice,” focusing on the 60th anniversary of events that took...
Bipartisan Group of Congressional Members in Birmingham for Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
More than two dozen members of the U.S. House and Senate from both sides of the aisle were at Bethel...
Bessemer, Alabama’s First Black Fire Chief Retires
The Birmingham Times
Randall McFarland Jr., Bessemer’s first Black fire chief, has announced his retirement.
Chief McFarland Jr. has been with the Bessemer Fire Department for...
Listing of More Than 100 African Americans Emblazoned on U.S. Postage...
Compiled by The Birmingham Times
For more than a century, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) stamps have paid homage to people who have left their...
Some of History’s Most Memorable Speeches by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass...
Times staff report
Some of the greatest individuals in Black history have delivered some of the most significant speeches in American history. Their names and...
“We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a...
W.E.B. Du Bois in 1903 from his “Men of Niagara” discourse from one of the Great Speeches in Black History which appeared in the...
Birmingham Children’s Theatre hosts Black History Month Fest This Weekend
By Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com
The Birmingham Children’s Theatre is gearing up to host its first festival in honor of Black History Month.
The Lift Every Voice Festival is...
Black Heritage Fair Set for Feb. 4 in Downtown Birmingham
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group (BAAGG) will host its 2023 Black Heritage Fair on Feb. 4 from 11 a.m....
Birmingham Commemorates MLK Day With Speeches, Service
By Nicole S. Daniel and Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham area leaders and residents gathered Monday in The Boutwell Auditorium for the 37th Annual Unity...
Legacy Museum draws second-most visitors among Alabama’s paid tourism sites
By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com
The expanded Legacy Museum, opened by the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery in 2021, now ranks as Alabama’s second-most popular paid attraction,...