Tag: Convention
‘Traveling Billboard’ Unveiled; Motorcoach Honors Civil Rights in Birmingham AL
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Terry Collins still remembers hearing disc jockeys deliver coded messages urging he and other Birmingham high school classmates at the...
$50-million ‘asset’ in North Birmingham gets much needed approval
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The board of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau on Monday approved allowing a portion of the lodging taxes...
Birmingham Likely to Host USFL’s Entire New Season Beginning in April
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to approve $500,000 in in-kind services to the new United States Football League,...
UPDATED — As Coldest Air of Season Moves In, City Announces...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC) will be used as warming station on later this week and early next after...
Birmingham selected as site of 2023 NABJ Convention
Times staff report
Birmingham will host the 2023 National Association of Black Journalists Convention & Career Fair, the NABJ announced Thursday.
This is the first time...
National Baptist Deacons Convention opens in Birmingham
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Frank Russell had heard about the 5 a.m. prayer service of the National Baptist Deacons Convention but he...
RNC convention opens with some diverse speakers planned including Dr. Ben...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
The Republican National Convention began today in Cleveland and is expected to have a diverse group of speaks including Dr....
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO ADDRESS NAACP 106TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION IN...
President Barack Obama will address the 106th NAACP Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
“We are...
Alabama Applies to Congress for Call of Convention of States
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill is tasked by a bill passed in the 2015 Legislative session to call for...