Tag: people profile
Tamika Harris Lost More Than 100 pounds; Gained Confidence to Open...
By Jasmine Shaw
For the Birmingham Times
After Tamika Harris reached her heaviest weight of 235 pounds, she had a chance encounter that proved life-changing.
“I was...
Say Y.E.S. to Yolaine Joseph’s Enhancing Skincare Line
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Working for the Howard University campus radio station gave Yolaine Joseph an opportunity to do something no one else had...
Jamel Lajuan: Filmmaker Sheds Light on the Rise of City’s First...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Fact might seem stranger than fiction if a young Jamel Lajuan, born Jamel Lajuan Jackson, could see himself...
How Daagye Hendricks Serves Community, City Schools and UAB
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Daagye Hendricks is not one to remain stationary. The Birmingham Board of Education member, businesswoman and mom of a 16-year-old,...
Justin Slaughter, Self Taught, Wins Congressional Art Competition
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Justin Slaughter, a recent graduate of Center Point High School, has gone from a self-taught artist to first-place winner in...
Photographer Caroline Japal Creates Space For Artists, Other Women To Thrive
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
In the past two years, Caroline Japal has used her talents to not only create an art magazine but also...
At 81, Birmingham’s Maralyn Mosley still goes toe-to-toe with the political...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
She’s known simply as “Mrs. Mosley.”
Elected officials, corporate titans, civic leaders, neighborhood officers all know the blunt Maralyn Mosley, who,...
Businessowner Aquilla Stanback’s Cup of Tea
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...
Calvin Macon’s battle from addiction to published author
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...
The modeling, mentoring and ministering of DeAngela Pippen
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...
