Tag: success
The Drive and Determination of Isaac Cooper, BCRI Board Chair
By Mark Kelly
Alabama NewsCenter
Talk to people who know and work with Isaac Cooper, and some common themes emerge. Those themes – a commitment to...
How Two Small Business Owners Partnered; Found Success in Birmingham
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
When Tanesha Sims-Summers and Yogi Dada met during a Minority Business Network entrepreneurial event in 2017, there was an immediate...
Sharpe-Jefferson: Navigating Through a Successful 2022
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
As I reflected on the number of people who work hard to create novel sayings for the start of the New Year,...
Birmingham Businessman Larry Thornton Sr.: The Winner Within
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As a man of many talents—artist, leader, author, entrepreneur—Larry Thornton Sr. made history when he became the first African American...
Barrett Elementary Was Once Considered A ‘Failing’ School. Not Anymore.
By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart
For the Birmingham Times
Three years ago, Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School had the kind of grades you wouldn’t want to show...
Principal Tikki Hines Brought Hope and Aura of Success to Barrett...
By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart
For the Birmingham Times
On a recent morning at Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School, Principal Tikki Hines walked down the hall with...
School Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring: ‘I Want to be Clear–We Are...
By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart
For the Birmingham Times
The success and progress at Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School and A.H. Parker High School are just part...
Donna Dukes founded a school that makes a difference in lives...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
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Donna Dukes admits she may have been a bit “idealistic” when she came up with an idea to help students...
How ‘critically at-risk’ students now excel at Birmingham Academy
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Some had been bullied. Some have had discipline issues. Some were expelled from other schools. Some just needed a better...
Miles College ‘thriving’, provides blueprint for HBCUs nationwide
By Terri Robertson
Bhamnow.com
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones earlier this year hosted the first annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Summit at Lawson State Community...