Tag: national
City Councilors Ponder Whether to Help World Games Close $14M Deficit
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Councilors on Tuesday were mixed on whether the city should come up with another $5 million to help...
Birmingham Urban League Gets National Boost From Mayor Woodfin’s Shout-Out
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham chapter of the National Urban League (NUL) found itself in the national spotlight during last week’s armchair conversation...
With World Games 2022 Over, Birmingham Leaders Take Victory Lap
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
On Tuesday, less than two days after the end of The World Games 2022 (TWG 2022), Birmingham city officials took...
The World Games 2022 Closes in Birmingham After 10 Days of...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The World Games 2022 (TWG 2022) came to a rousing close Sunday night in Birmingham’s Protective Stadium after 10 days...
Power Moves: Rashada LeRoy set the stage for The World Games...
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
When it was announced that Birmingham was going to be the host of The World Games 2022, the organizers knew it would...
[Photos] Hundreds in downtown Birmingham protest SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade
The Birmingham Times
Hundreds gathered at Birmingham’s Linn and Kelly Ingram Parks this weekend to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn...
39-year-old Black Businessman Awarded a $13.4 Billion Defense Contract
www.blackbusiness.com
Meet Issac Barnes, the young founder and President of Eminent Future, whose Black-owned tech firm has been awarded a $13.4 billion dollar defense contract with...
How To Do Business with City of Birmingham and Jefferson County...
By Sharron Swain
bhamnow.com
During The World Games 2022 Birmingham, many streets around the downtown Jefferson County Courthouse and Birmingham City Hall will be closed to through traffic....
Legendary Alabama Sportswriter Rubin Grant Honored With 49 Other Icons
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Rubin Grant vividly remembers the advice he received from his city editor during his news writing internship at Montgomery’s...
Black History Month: What is it and Why We Need It?
By Alem Tedeneke
This article was originally published in February 2021 and has been updated.
February is Black History Month. This month-long observance in the US...