Tag: Jackson
President Kennedy and the Aftermath of the 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
President John F. Kennedy expressed "outrage" and "grief" one day after Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed in 1963 killing...
Prepared Excerpts by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at Birmingham’s 16th Street...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, making her first visit to Alabama, delivered a special memorial service address in...
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...
Justice Brown-Jackson’s Influence Being Felt on the U.S. Supreme Court
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
With the U.S. Supreme Court entering its summer recess, Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, the newest to the bench, wraps her first...
Birmingham’s Bush Hills STEAM Academy Now Home to Transformative Learning Program
By Mark Kelly
Alabama News Center
Birmingham’s Bush Hills STEAM Academy is now home to the latest Ed Farm Space, a dedicated area for a new transformative learning program,...
Birmingham’s Ramsay High Captures Class 5A State Crown; RB Ashton Ashford...
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Everybody in Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Stadium on Thursday knew that the Ramsay High School Rams were serving a heaping helping...
During Town Hall, Birmingham Water Works Grilled About ‘Affordable Rates’
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Dozens of residents, some with bills showing thousands of dollars in charges, showed up Wednesday night at the A.G. Gaston...
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Water Crisis in Jackson Miss. Reflects Vicious Neglect
By The Rev. Jesse Jackson
In sweltering heat, 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the state’s capital and its largest city, had no running water, after...
Grambling coach, players wear custom-made suits to SWAC Media Day in...
By J.T. Keith
Monroe News-Star
Hue Jackson was smiling and laughing while shaking hands with Deion Sanders and giving hugs to Roland James during his first SWAC Media Day as...
Alabama Honors University’s First Black Football Players
By John Zenor
AP Sports Writer
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson already had their place in Alabama football history. Now, the Crimson Tide's...