Ashley Weaver, Chapter President of Phi Iota Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, chats with 13-year-old Rhyan Williams of Bush Hills Steam Academy, who aspires to be a traveling nurse. (Kesia Sharpe-Jefferson, The Birmingham Times)
Wenonah High School quarterback Samarian Franklin lifted the Dragons to AHSAA Class 1A-5A flag football championship game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. (AHSAA)
Kendall Thornton III will always have a piece of his older brother because they share the same name. Kendall Jarrod Thornton Jr. was found shot to death in his crashed vehicle on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Antwone Brown said he wants to graduate high school in honor of his brother Tyree Brown, who was shot to death outside Birmingham convenience store on April 21, 2021, just before his graduation. (Amarr Croskey, The Birmingham Times)
In June 2022, Crystal Mullen-Johnson, CEO and founder of Birmingham-based Strive Counseling Services lost her nephew, Edward Avery Mullen Jr., “EJ,” to suicide.