Birmingham Times
Get Out makes over $100 million at box office
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Jordan Peele has made box-office history with horror flick, “Get Out.”
The movie has earned more than $100 million,...
Q&A: Black SGA president discusses white support at Alabama
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
Someone like Jared Hunter was impossible to imagine even a few years ago at the University of Alabama.
A preppy black guy...
Harvard Law Review elects its first black woman as president
Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
For the first time in its 130-year history, the Harvard Law Review has a black woman as president.
ImeIme (pronounced “Ah-MAY-may”) Umana,...
Shaquille O’Neal brings smiles, laughter at Alabama Boy Scouts luncheon
By Michael Tomberlin
Alabama NewsCenter
“What inspires you?” wondered one of the Boy Scouts who asked Shaquille O’Neal a series of questions.
“What inspires me? I just...
Black junior to lead student gov’t at University of Alabama
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A black University of Alabama student supported by a secretive campus group long controlled by whites has...
Inside the Birmingham Islamic Center with more than 1,000 other visitors
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Among the more than 1,000 people who showed up for the recent open house at the Crescent Islamic Center in...
18-year-old UAB researcher working to make her own antibiotic and pesticide
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Rowan El-Qishawi, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) who has already been acknowledged nationally for...
Islamic, Jewish, Christian groups express solidarity in wake of threats
Times staff report
Birmingham-area Christian and Muslim communities are among those that have spoken out against bomb threats targeting the Levite Jewish Community Center on...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. to paint city pink and green at...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham will be “painted pink and green” from March 15 – 19 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. will hold its...
J. Anthony Brown goes into detail about his departure from The...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
J. Anthony Brown is not a newcomer to The StarDome Comedy Club in Hoover; in fact, he’s one of its...
