Tag: University of Alabama
Stops Along University of Alabama’s Hallowed Grounds Tour
ua.edu
From the construction of the initial buildings to the destruction of the campus on April 4, 1865 when Union troops descended on Tuscaloosa, enslaved...
How Alabama Academics Plan to Preserve Artwork of Joe Minter
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
When he first arrived at the home of Birmingham artist Joe Minter in October 2020 to take digital photos for...
UAB, area leaders celebrate Birmingham’s first ever ‘Neighborway’ in North Titusville
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Business leaders, community leaders and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) faculty cut the ribbon Monday on a new one-mile...
Tionna Taite: Founder, Editor-in-Chief of UA’s First Black Student Magazine
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
As a sophomore on the University of Alabama (UA) campus, 19-year-old Tionna Taite recognized something many others may have missed:...
Nick Saban, Alabama Players Hold Protest March On Campus
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban led dozens of his football players and other athletes on a march to protest social...
Miles College to honor Autherine Lucy Foster, alumna and first Black...
The Birmingham Times
Miles College will honor Autherine Lucy Foster an alumna and the first African American to enroll and attend the University of...
University of Alabama Dean Resigns After Tweets Highlighted
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A black dean at the University of Alabama has resigned after a conservative website highlighted old tweets he sent...
Nancy Parker, UA Grad and New Orleans TV Anchor, Dies in...
By Vanna Quiroz
CBS News
New Orleans TV anchor Nancy Parker died in a fatal plane crash along side pilot Franklin Augustus on Friday, according to...
University of Alabama rejects $26M gift after abortion flap
By Blake Patterson
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama gave back a philanthropist’s $26.5 million donation and took his name off the...
Expelled in 1956, first black student at University of Alabama gets...
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree last...
