Tag: civil rights
Inside Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A phone rings inside the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull lifts up the receiver.
The...
Often Lost to History, Virgil Ware, 14, Was Murdered Same Day...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing was not the only tragedy in Birmingham on Sept. 15, 1963. Four girls --...
“We are still standing to tell God’s message of love and...
-Rev. Arthur Price, pastor Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, The Birmingham Times, Sept. 14.
Historic Civil Rights Church Gets $192K Preservation Grant
Alabama News Center
The Alabama Historical Commission has awarded Birmingham’s Old Sardis Baptist Church a $192,000 grant to aid in preserving a site where one of the...
Thousands Converge in Capitol for the March on Washington’s 60th Anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country...
Birmingham to Host Thousands of Journalists This Week For 2023 NABJ...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Thousands of journalists, media executives, educators, communications and marketing professionals, students and others gather in Birmingham this week for the...
Birmingham Freedom Fest Back In-Person on Saturday
lrymediagroup.com
The City of Birmingham on Saturday will host Birmingham Freedom Fest — a music and empowerment festival held at Kelly Ingram Park, the footprint...
Catherine Burks-Brooks, Birmingham Freedom Rider, dies at 83
By Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com
“Mr. Bull” is what she called him. It’s what Catherine Burks-Brooks called Eugene (Bull) Connor on the morning of May...
Birmingham Attorneys React to Supreme Court’s End to Race-Conscious Admissions
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham-area attorneys on Thursday said they were not surprised that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard...
Civic Leaders Urge Caution After Momentous Voting Rights Victory at U.S....
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled voting rights with the Shelby County v. Holder decision, there now appears...
