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#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Alabamians, Part Eleven
Times staff report
The AT&T Alabama African-American History Calendar has been highlighting the achievements of the state’s best and brightest since 2011. It highlights the...
White House strategist to lead UAB’s Personalized Medicine Institute
By Kendra Carter
UAB News
Matthew Might, Ph.D., a renowned computer scientist and strategic leader appointed to the White House Precision Medicine Initiative by former President Barack...
Publix opens Alabama distribution center, creates 300 jobs
By Michael Tomberlin
Alabama NewsCenter
Publix Super Markets held the grand opening for its Alabama distribution center today with plans to have 300 workers there by...
Inside Wenonah High School’s celebrated culinary arts program
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
On the second floor of Wenonah High School in Southwest Birmingham is a commercial kitchen with appliances seen only in...
Recipe for success: How Wenonah High teacher inspires excellence in city...
By The Birmingham Education Foundation
Special to The Times
If you’re making a visit to Diann Pilgrim’s class at Wenonah High School in Southwest Birmingham, you’d...
Jarralynne Agee grew up among violence in Ohio; now she works...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
As project manager of the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative (BVRI), Jarralynne Agee can relate to some of the...
Victory Over Violence Tour begins in Southtown Court
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Reginald Hubbard was sporting a child’s plastic fireman’s hat as he carried his 21-month-old niece Ramiya around the...
26 films, TV shows and documentaries that are lessons in black...
By Alec Harvey
Special to The Times
History comes alive in movies, and over the years some fine films about black history have been released. Some,...
#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Alabamians, Part Ten
Times staff report
The AT&T Alabama African-American History Calendar has been highlighting the achievements of the state’s best and brightest since 2011. It highlights the...
The art of ‘Cosplaying While Black’
By Reggie Allen
Special to the Times
Cosplaying, or the practice of masquerading as one’s favorite movie, book or cartoon character, is a key component in...