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By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Shortly after graduating from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Aquilla Stanback remembers sightseeing trips with her mother and...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times To this day, Calvin Macon regrets the condition he was in when his parents last saw him. “I was struggling,” he...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times When DeAngela Pippen couldn’t get a foot into the fashion industry, she did the next best thing: “I just created...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Ebonee Lyons actually looked forward to doctor’s office visits as a child. “I wanted to play with their tools,” she said....

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Sara Maiden traces her beginnings as a seamstress back to when she was 4 years old and made clothes for...

By Jasmine Shaw For the Birmingham Times When you think of “Southern Belle,” the images that may come to mind are big hats and lace gloves,...

Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times At age 17, Birmingham-native Rashad Grimes faced a capital murder charge in the slaying of another person in his Ensley neighborhood....

By Jasmine Shaw For the Birmingham Times From cousin-filled play dates in the woods of Alabama to awe-inspiring sunsets on the black-sand beaches of New Zealand,...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Spending long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Keisha Drammeh’s eye for history comes in handy, especially with her line of vintage clothing. Based on what she buys...