Tag: international
Colin Powell remembered as a model for future generations
By Robert Burns and Matthew Lee
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first...
The World Games 2022 now accepting volunteers for ‘once in a...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
With The World Games 2022 (TWG) next year and 3,600 athletes from around the world in Birmingham from July 7...
Mary Kate Bush: The Birmingham Native Who Worked For U.S. Presidents
By Mark Kelly
Alabama NewsCenter
Mary Kate Bush‘s career is remarkable by any measure. She has worked for three U.S. presidents. She was among the first...
From Birmingham to International Banking, Mary Kate Bush Reflects
By Mark Kelly
Alabama NewsCenter
“The young people of today are going to determine what happens with this country and what happens globally,” Mary Kate Bush...
Overcoming the Challenges of an Interracial Marriage
www.jw.org
Growing up in the Bronx, New York, Lillian Brooks was surrounded by individuals of different races, so it wasn’t unusual for her to be...
Angela Davis met with support, standing ovation at Boutwell
Times staff report
During a sold out appearance at the Boutwell Auditorium Saturday night in downtown Birmingham, Civil Rights activist, Angela Davis said she never...
“Canada’s Rosa Parks” becomes first Canadian woman on banknote
Associated Press
GATINEAU, Quebec (AP) - A black woman often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks for her 1946 decision to sit in a whites-only section...
My Day With Fidel Castro
Lunching With El Jefe in Havana
Ericka Blount Danois
©2016, The Shadow League
Just a few months prior to my first trip to Cuba, my second child,...
Cubans line streets as Fidel Castro’s ashes begin journey
By Peter Osri and Juan Zamorano
Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — To waving flags and some shouts of "Long may he live!" Fidel Castro's ashes began...
Pope decries ‘virus’ of polarization over race, faith
By Frances D'Emilio
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis warned against what he called a “virus of polarization” and hostility in the world targeting...