Tag: Jim Crow
Birmingham Attorneys React to Supreme Court’s End to Race-Conscious Admissions
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham-area attorneys on Thursday said they were not surprised that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard...
Noted Lawyer to Speak in Birmingham on Sunday about ‘Jim Crow’s...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Margaret Burnham, co-founder of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, will be at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on...
Tuskegee’s ‘Cleve’ Abbott dominated like no other coach in Alabama
By Bob Blalock
Alabama NewsCenter
University of Alabama coach Nick Saban completed a decade of dominance in college football this past January when his Crimson Tide team demolished Ohio...
Both played a role in Birmingham’s 1960s history; as friends they...
By Richard Friedman
Special to The Birmingham Times
There was a fateful day in August of 1960 when the lives of Frances Foster White, an African American teenager...
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...
Jefferson County hires artist to paint more diverse view of society
By Nick Patterson
The Birmingham Times
A Jefferson County Commission Committee approved paying an Alabama artist to create a new mural to add to the controversial,...
