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Inside the Birmingham community where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found...

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By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times Jeff Drew remembers the first day he met the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who stayed with his family...

Valuable lessons from King-led marches from an eyewitness

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By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times During the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, children learned as many lessons outside the classroom as they did inside, remembered...

Jeff Drew, Who Marched in Protests as child, on what MLK...

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By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times Jeff Drew is a descendant of Civil Rights royalty. He is the son of John and Addine “Deenie” Drew. His...

Dana Gresham: From A.H. Parker High to Chief of Staff for...

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By Anita Debro For The Birmingham Times Birmingham native Dana Gresham, the newly hired chief of staff for Alabama Senator Doug Jones, clearly knows the value...

Samford University Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Its Integration

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Times staff report Samford University is commemorating the 50th anniversary of integration during the 2017-18 academic year with a series of special events and recognitions....

Meet Adrian Latham: Reigning Miss Natural Hair Expo Queen

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By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times For Adrian Latham, the reigning Miss Natural Hair and Health Expo Beauty the crown is about more than hair. It...

Barbers provide free haircuts for 146 young men in Elyton Village

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By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times There was a lot of Kutting Up Sunday at the pop-up barber shop in Elyton Village. Twenty-two barbers alternated...

Glenn Ellis: Beginner’s Guide to Medical Marijuana

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By Glenn Ellis Depending on whom you talk to, medical marijuana (also known as cannabis) is either a panacea for everything from cancer, to chronic...

People, Places and Things

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By Gwen DeRu TODAY BEN STALETS, INGRID MARIE and PHILOS MOORE and LATE NIGHT with AMERICAN WHIP APPEAL at the Nick. COMEDIAN STEVE BROWN at the StarDome...

They celebrated their wedding for five days, each day for something...

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Special to The Birmingham Times  “You Had Me at Hello” highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be...