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By Ameera Stewart The Birmingham Times Kenya Russell recognized a need for Birmingham’s creative community, so she came up with the right mix. Through research, she...

By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times Birmingham author Randi Pink wrote her latest novel Girls Like Us in 31 days. No, she wasn’t trying the...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times What started as a way to help one of his church members through the college admissions process has turned into...

By Javacia Harris Bowser Special to the Birmingham Times Over the course of his life Larry Thornton has been the first African American to do several...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Turning darkness into light has inspired fashion designer Jeff Austin both professionally and personally. The 23-year-old has dealt with depression—since...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times As an avid student of race and culture with a passion for telling stories, Majella Chube Hamilton wakes up and...

Haley Herfurth UAB News Cancer is a nondiscriminatory disease — affecting people of all races, ethnicities, genders and religions. But for some populations, there are “barriers...

By Jasmine Shaw For the Birmingham Times Brittany Sharp, owner of The Sharp Standard, a full-service event planning and interior design boutique founded in Birmingham, Ala.,...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times By day, Erika Mixon of Fairfield, Ala., trains physicians and sometimes hospital staff on how to use electronic medical record...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Last fall, Ahinoam Israel opened a café in Bessemer to provide herbal supplements that have helped her and can help...