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Jefferson County Memorial Project’s searing report on Linn Park’s racial history

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By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham’s Linn Park, from the now defunct City Stages music festival to the recently removed Confederate monument, has seen its...

Citizen-led coalition uncovers history of lynching in Jeffco

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By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Local activist and community organizer T. Marie King noticed a familiar name among the victims of racial terror when she...

Local college students compile forceful report on lynchings in Bham area

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By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Between the 1880s and 1940, a documented 30 people were lynched or victims of racial terror violence in Jefferson County,...

For Myeisha Hutchinson, conversations about area’s racial past are personal

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By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Tracing her family’s history and creating conversation about Jefferson County’s racial past are not easy, but Myeisha Hutchinson won’t be...