Tag: history
How Barbara Curry-Strong Overcame Racial Barriers in Alabama
By Donna Cope
Alabama NewsCenter
Adversity can spur one to achieve great things.
At 17, Barbara Curry-Story was stuck between a rock and a hard place. She...
The history of Birmingham’s 141-year-old Broad St. Missionary Church
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
A quiet dignity is noticed every time Elmore Quarles reads the history of her place of worship, Broad...
11-year-old Becomes First Black Marie in New York City Ballet’s “The...
By Kimberley Richards
Black Voices
Young ballerina Charlotte Nebres has made history this holiday season.
The 11-year-old became the first Black dancer cast in the leading role...
Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks
By Dankin Andone
CNN
(CNN)-Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for...
The Rich History of Birmingham’s Five Points West
By Chaise Sanders
bhamnow.com
Come summer of 2021, The World Games will have Five Points West—along with the entire City of Birmingham—bustling with athletes from around...
Montgomery elects Steven Reed as first black mayor
CBS/AP
Alabama's capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first...
Majella Hamilton: Preserving City’s African American History
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
As an avid student of race and culture with a passion for telling stories, Majella Chube Hamilton wakes up and...
Dina Avery Chronicles Her Family’s Journey from Slavery to the Present
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Dina Avery comes from a bloodline of steadfast people, including her father, Charles Avery Jr., who was one of the...
New Exhibit Exploring Life During Jim Crow Opens Oct. 18 at...
By Jon Eastwood
bhamnow.com
Maybe you’ve heard personal stories from your grandparents? Or studied civil rights in school. Understanding the struggles many faced before you isn’t...
Bessemer’s Historic Lincoln Theatre Being Revitalized
The Birmingham Times
Built as a 400-seat “picture house” to show first-run movies for African American audiences, the historic Lincoln Theatre is the last undestroyed...