Tag: leader
‘The Epitome of Greatness’: Rev. Frank Dukes, Civil Rights Icon, Eulogized...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Rev. Frank Dukes, a legend of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement whose Selective Buying Campaign helped dismantle segregation in...
Frank Dukes, Influential Leader of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, Dies...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Rev. Frank Dukes, an influential Birmingham Civil Rights Movement leader and President of Miles College's trailblazing student body in...
Birmingham And Partners to Commemorate 60 Years Since Church Bombing
birminghamal.org
Nearly 60 years ago, a bomb tore through Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls and rocking the nation. In remembrance of...
Meet the Woodlawn High School Grad Building Peace in Birmingham
By Callie Puryear
bhamnow.com
Over 150 local high school students spent time in an award-winning program that equips students to build peace in their communities, countries...
Chervis Isom, Longtime Birmingham Civic Leader, Dies at 84
By Joseph D. Bryant | jbryant@al.com
Chervis Isom, the author, longtime Birmingham attorney, and mainstay of civic engagement, has died.
Isom died unexpectedly while overseas Thursday. He...
Columnist Gwen DeRu: A Birmingham Institution
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Gwen DeRu is a Birmingham institution.
The founder and CEO of DeRu and Associates, where she provides services such as...
Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond Faces Spike in Homicides: ‘We’re Destroying...
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com joint series ”Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide...
Meet Birmingham’s Felicia Johnson, President of American Business Women’s Association
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
As national president of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Birmingham’s Felicia Johnson helps women grow through leadership, education, networking...
UAB’s Martha Dawson Elected as President of National Black Nurses Association
By Holly Gainer
UAB News
Martha Dawson, DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice), assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, has been...
Major Tyrone Tolbert: From Birmingham foot soldier to U.S. Army Soldier
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Welcome to Third Thursdays! This series—published in the Birmingham Times on the third Thursday of every month—highlights area citizens who...
