Tag: history
How An Educator Turned Vision of The BCRI Into Reality
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
When former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington Jr. assembled a 21-member task force to spearhead the creation of the...
Students, Friends, Colleagues on ‘The Gift’ That is Odessa Woolfolk
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Gloria A. Dennard was a student in Odessa Woolfolk’s 10th-grade history class at Birmingham’s Samuel Ullman High School,...
Rosa Parks Day 2021 And The Making of History
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Wednesday marked the 66th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks. On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks took stand against...
These Tour Stops On University of Alabama’s Campus Tell of Dark...
ua.edu
From the construction of the initial buildings to the destruction of the campus on April 4, 1865 when Union troops descended on Tuscaloosa, enslaved...
Dr. Archie Wade, UA’s First Black Faculty Member, Gets Building Renamed...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Due to his love of sports, Archie Wade, Ed.D., retired University of Alabama (UA) professor, is often referred to as...
Professor Hilary Green Sheds Light on UA’s Dark Racial History
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Curiosity is what fuels Hilary Green, Ph.D., and that has a lot to do with how she was raised and...
Stops Along University of Alabama’s Hallowed Grounds Tour
ua.edu
From the construction of the initial buildings to the destruction of the campus on April 4, 1865 when Union troops descended on Tuscaloosa, enslaved...
NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Makes History at Talladega
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
An opportune caution and a sudden rain shower helped make Bubba Wallace the second Black driver ever to win a...
Historic A.G. Gaston Motel Receives $1.1M from Mellon Foundation for Restoration
birminghamal.gov
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the City of Birmingham’s restoration of the historic A.G. Gaston Motel. Funds...
In Upcoming Play, Red Mountain Theatre Addresses Jeffco’s Violent Racial History
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Memorial, one of the four productions in Red Mountain Theatre’s Human Rights New Works Festival (HRNW), will make viewers confront...
