Tag: black men
Opinion: Let’s Focus on the Next Generation of Black Male Heroes
By Donald Guy Generals and Derrick Perkins
As Juneteenth approaches on June 19, it is important to extend our celebrations beyond the accomplishments of the...
100 Black Men of Birmingham holds 1st Mentoring Awards Program
The Birmingham Times
100 Black Men of Metro Birmingham held its First Annual Mentoring Awards Program last week at Oxmoor Valley Elementary School.
Nine students were...
Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died
Associated Press
FERGUSON, Mo. — Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus,...
Crystal Mullen Johnson: African American men and mental health
By Crystal Mullen-Johnson
Special to the Birmingham Times
Compared to women, men are less likely to receive mental health counseling. Instead of seeking any kind of...
Area’s top law enforcement officials address killings of black males
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
With a “disproportionate” number of African American boys and men killed and incarcerated in Jefferson County and surrounding...