Tag: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Congressional delegation tours Birmingham during Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
A bipartisan delegation of Congressional members - blacks and whites; Democrats and Republicans; men and women -- on Friday toured...
#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Black Alabamians, Part One
Times staff report
The AT&T Alabama African-American History Calendar has been highlighting the achievements of the state’s best and brightest since 2011. It highlights the...
Loretta Lynch delivers final speech as Attorney General in Birmingham
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
While there has been progress in the fight for justice, that fight is far from over,
United States Attorney...
President Obama establishes National Monument in Birmingham
Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
It’s official: Birmingham has been declared a national monument.
As one of his last acts in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama...
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute among 39 sites...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church are among the 39 historical and preservation projects in...
Restoring faith in Birmingham 53 years after one of the ‘most...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Fifty-three years ago, the city of Birmingham was wounded by what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Parole denied for Birmingham church bomber
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A diverse group of Alabama residents from neighborhood activists to law enforcement officials, applauded a parole board’s decision Wednesday against...
Alabama board denies parole for Birmingham church bomber
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's parole board decided Wednesday against freeing a one-time Ku Klux Klansman convicted in a church bombing...
Families outraged that convicted church bomber could be paroled
By Reginald Greene
Special to The Times
I remember so vividly that day back in 2001 when the decision was handed down in Jefferson County Circuit Court,...