Birmingham Times
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Celebrates MLK, Jr. and Presents “Reflect & Rejoice: ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sunday, January 18, at 3 p.m. – Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall – Join the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in our...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Announces Events for Dr. Martin Luther King,...
BCRI will be open on Mondays from January 19-February 23, 2015
January 8, 2015--The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) announces the following events to commemorate...
Deadline Approaching for Family Rosary’s 2015 “Try Prayer! It Works!” Contest
National competition encourages children to express faith through Art, Poetry and Prose
EASTON, Mass. – It’s time to submit entries for the 2015 “Try Prayer!...
Black Inventors of Today
Lonnie Johnson
Born: Marietta, Georgia Oct. 6, 1949
Invention: Super Soaker Water Gun
The super soaker was a water gun that had a large reservoir that...
Black Wall Street: (Past, Present, and Future)
By Mahari A. McTier
As an Entrepreneur and Financial Advisor, I am always intrigued by the economic history, past, present, and future, of Black America....
A. G. Gaston Motel
It was our first-class motel owned and operated by one of our people. —a local resident at the opening of the motel
Traveling throughout the...
Marin Luther King, Jr. Black History Quotes
You must be willing to suffer the anger of the opponent, and yet not return anger. No matter how emotional your opponents are, you...
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth – Gone But Not Forgotten
Born on March 18, 1922, in Mount Meigs, Alabama, Fred Shuttlesworth was a Baptist minister and one of the South's most prominent Civil Rights...
Little Known Black History Fact: Zora Neale Hurston
By D.L. Chandler
BlackAmericaWeb.com
Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist and anthropologist most famous for her 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston’s path...
Black History Poems
By Tupac Shakur
Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Cause I am on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm.
They flow with life but take...
