Alabama NAACP state conference President Bernard Simelton (far left) and NAACP National President/CEO Cornell William Brooks (center) were among the protesters who held a sit-in in Sen. Sessions' Mobile, Ala. office. (Twitter)
Curtis Starks, a personal trainer at EVO in downtown Birmingham, encourages people he works with to set achievable goals (Frank Couch, special to The Times)
Marcas Bamman, PhD, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Exercise Medicine, left, works with a patient. (Provided photo)
Council members James “Jay” Roberson, Steven W. Hoyt, and Valerie Abbott look over a handout from the mayor in August during the Birmingham City Council’s Budget and Finance committee hearing. Municipal elections will take center stage in the city this year. (Frank Couch, special to The Times)
Deontay Wilder (white trunks) defeated Chris Arreloa (black trunks) after eight rounds with a technical knockout. The fight was nationally televised and drew thousands to the BJCC. (Nik Layman, Alabama NewsCenter)
“We still need more diversification in medicine and in other STEM fields. Patients need to be able to relate to someone like me. There has to be an element of trust.” - Dr. Jamie Bell, 36, a physician with the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
From left: Michael Lundy, president and CEO of the HABD, Cardell Davis, chair of the HABD board of commissioners and Morrell Todd, vice chair of the HABD board. (Frank Couch, special to The Times)