Tag: people profile
Birmingham’s Cicely Jones, Financial Advisor, Offers Sage Advice During COVID-19
By Jasmine Shaw
For the Birmingham Times
With the COVID-19 pandemic having a major impact on both the financial markets and the personal assets of...
Bronze McGhee Lougheed: Dance Teacher Extraordinaire
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
In the 21-year existence of the Ebony Arrington Dance and Performance (EADP) studio in Roebuck, the company has...
Charity Davis: Vanderbilt U-bound Senior Makes Ensley Proud
By Joseph Goodman
AL.com/The Birmingham News
Charity Davis grew up in the suburbs of Birmingham, and then moved to Ensley for high school.
By choice.
She is now...
BPD Officer Jeanette Prince Protects- and Serves Those in Need
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
While making her recent rounds on Birmingham’s Southside, Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Officer Jeanette Prince struck up a conversation...
Jaccari Hampton, City of Birmingham’s Working Class Hero
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Whenever children in his neighborhood didn’t have a place to stay, there was always a spot in Jaccari Hampton’s house.
“There...
Meet Andrew Jones, CEO of Fly V Apparel Brand
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
As a small-business owner, Andrew Jones pays attention to detail. Take, for example, the name of his apparel brand, FLY...
News Anchor Eunice Elliott Leaves TV, Begins New Chapter
By Javacia Bowser
Babypalooza
Eunice Elliott recently left her role as a news anchor at Birmingham’s WVTM 13 to start a new chapter — literally.
In March...
Nia Mya Reese: Portrait of an 11-year-old As Author
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
When Nia Mya Reese was given a first-grade class assignment to write about a topic for which she...
Maysa Mohmoud and Demetrius Smith: Paving the Road to Recovery
By Alicia Rohan
UAB News
Two students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have been accepted into the Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic Collegiate Recovery Leadership...
Lavon Beard: Ramsay High grad earned 3 master’s; respect in medical...
By Ameera Steward
For the Birmingham Times
A shoulder injury in high school led Lavon Beard, once a highly touted baseball player, to a career...