Tag: people profile
Leonard Smoot Coaches Miles College to National Golf Title
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Leonard Smoot was in the U.S. Marine Corps when he first got the notion of attending a golf tournament...
Author T.K. Thorne tells Story of Birmingham’s Unsung Civil Rights Allies
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
When you think of the Birmingham Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, certain names immediately come to mind:...
Danielle Hines: The Visionary Behind Coworking Space in Civil Rights District
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Downtown Birmingham has a new coworking space that’s both steeped in history and focused on the future, thanks...
Kelli Solomon Was Raised on Community Love; Now Gives It Back
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Kelli Solomon, vice president (VP) of operations and programs for the Birmingham Urban League (BUL), knows what it’s like to...
Women Under Construction to Build on 21 Days of Kindness
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
For years, Shellie Layne has been helping women fix their homes and their lives through the Women Under...
David Parker: UAB Grad putting Theatre Dreams ‘In Motion’
By Shannon Thomason
UAB News
David H. Parker’s “big dream” is in motion.
Parker will graduate May 1 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a Bachelor...
Ramsay High Alum Christian Taylor’s Role In ‘Coming 2 America’ —...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Dancer and businesswoman Christian Taylor accomplished two of her biggest goals before the age of 30.
“One of my top things...
Niesha White Unites Black Tech Lovers in Birmingham
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For the Birmingham Times
When Niesha White moved to Birmingham seven years ago to pursue a career in technology, the Dothan, Alabama,...
DaShana Jelks Returns to Birmingham as CFO of YWCA Central AL
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
With more than 28 years of public, governmental, and nonprofit accounting experience, DaShana Jelks is no stranger to managing finances...
One-on-one with Pulitzer winner John Archibald whose debut memoir comes out...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
For John Archibald, it began with silence. What he describes as “white silence.”
The Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for Alabama...
