President Obama: U.S. Won’t Stop Confronting Islamic State
(WASHINGTON) The United States stood firm Wednesday in its fight with Islamic State militants who beheaded a U.S. journalist in Iraq, pledging to continue attacking...
MAX Transit Opens Temporary Central Station
(BIRMINGHAM) The Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA) is moving its downtown Central Station to a temporary location at 16th Street and Morris Avenue North....
Iyanla Vanzant travels to Ferguson, Missouri for a special of “Iyanla: Fix My...
(Los Angeles) Following the shooting death of Michael Brown and subsequent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, ordained minister and nationally recognized spiritual life coach Iyanla...
Birmingham Bar Project Receives 2014 LexisNexis Community & Educational Outreach Award
(BIRMINGHAM) The Birmingham Bar Association received the 2014 LexisNexis Community & Educational Outreach Award at the American Bar Association annual meeting on August 7, in...
City of Birmingham Announces 2014 Empowerment Week Schedule
The City of Birmingham has announced the schedule for this year’s Empowerment Week commemoration happening September 11-September 15, 2014. Last year’s 2013 Commemoration of...
Theatrical Works Live Inks Multi-MillionI Dollar Nationwide Tour with Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker
(ATLANTA) As Executive Producers Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker prepare to take their stage play – “A Mother’s Love”...
Indiegogo Campaign Aims to Create Comedy Channels to Help Hospital Patients Heal
Effort aims to assist patients healing through comedy channels broadcasting directly into hospital rooms
(California) Whoever said “Laughter is the best medicine,” was right say organizers...
Tuskegee University Alumni Host Area Freshmen
The Birmingham Area Tuskegee Alumni Association hosted its Annual Off to the University "Cook - In" for students from the Birmingham Area. Freshman students,...
Book News
Summer is fleeing swiftly as numerous children prepare to return to school. A surefire way to jumpstart your little one's cognitive development is through...
Smithsonian and Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to Present “Save Our African American Treasures” Sept....
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will co-host a daylong program to help Birmingham-area...
