Tag: president
Claudine Gay to be Harvard’s 1st Black president, 2nd woman
By MICHAEL CASEY
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Thursday that Claudine Gay will become its 30th president, making her the first Black person...
Cynthia Warrick, 1st female president at Alabama’s Stillman College, to retire
By The Associated Press
Stillman College’s first female president, Cynthia Warrick, has announced plans to retire after leading the Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based historically Black college for...
Birmingham Urban League Gets National Boost From Mayor Woodfin’s Shout-Out
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham chapter of the National Urban League (NUL) found itself in the national spotlight during last week’s armchair conversation...
Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Will Receive Presidential Award of Freedom From...
By Chuck Chandler
Alabama NewsCenter Staff
President Joe Biden on July 7 will award Alabama’s Fred Gray Sr. the Presidential Award of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest...
DeJuana Thompson Named Permanent President and CEO of BCRI
The Birmingham Times
DeJuana Thompson will serve as president and CEO of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute without the "interim" designation, the board announced on Wednesday.
Thompson,...
Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
By Darlene Superville
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents typically say a few words before they turn legislation into law. But Joe Biden flipped the script...
City Councilors Likely to Pass Pay Raises as Part of Birmingham’s...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham city officials found a $53 million surplus in the FY 2020-2021 budget and will use more than $11.6 million...
NAACP Calls Judge Ketanji Jackson’s Hearing ‘One for the Ages’
By Alex Backus
msn.com
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a message of gratitude in her opening remarks Monday, as she shared a strong sense of American...
Obama tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s ‘feeling fine’
The Associated Press
Former President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, though he’s feeling relatively healthy and his wife,...
At Miles College, Rev. Al Sharpton speaks on voting rights, CRT...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
The Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leader and founder/president of the National Action Network , spoke Monday at Miles College...