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Birmingham Confederate Monument: City leaders weigh steps to remove landmark

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By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times A Civil War monument in Birmingham’s Linn Park has been shrouded from view while the city's law department examines ways...

#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Alabamians, Part Eight

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Times staff report The AT&T Alabama African-American History Calendar has been highlighting the achievements of the state’s best and brightest since 2011. It highlights the...

MLK Jr. Unity Breakfast draws diverse crowd of Birminghamians

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By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Hundreds of early-risers shared breakfast and historic reflections Monday morning during the 31st Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

The momentous events leading to Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter from...

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Special to The Times On April, 2, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker met at...

‘The most cogent and influential defense of nonviolent resistance ever written’

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Letter From Birmingham Jail has been called a jewel of American literature. Clayborne Carson, director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at...