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The $1 Billion Impact of Alabama’s HBCUs

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Signs are shown at Miles College in Fairfield, Ala. (Photo by Mark Almond)
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Dressing Safety for Halloween

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By Samuetta Hill Drew

People, Places and Things

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Anita Baker's visit to the BJCC on Sat. Oct. 28 has been re-scheduled to February, 2024.
GWEN DERU

“It is only right for people with criminal histories to have fair opportunity to secure jobs to reach their full potential to become self-sufficient, productive citizens.”

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-Jefferson County DA Danny Carr, on the Second Chance Hiring Fair, at the Boutwell Auditorium; birminghamtimes.com, Oct. 10.

Birmingham’s Second Chance Hiring Fair Attracts Hundreds of Job Seekers, Employers 

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(Photo, Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)

By Sym Posey

The Birmingham Times

City of Birmingham Unveils Mural Celebrating Breast Cancer Fighters and Survivors

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From left: Erica Reasor, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center; Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson; Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin; Deidre Green, founder of V.I.R.T.U.E. Inc., Pastor Steve Green, More Than Conquerors Faith Church. (Keisa Sharp-Jefferson, The Birmingham Times)

By Kesia Sharp-Jefferson

The Birmingham Times

“I Was Supposed to be With Him … I Can’t Even Describe the Feeling’ of Love

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BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY

Special to the Birmingham Times

Ron Mims, Birmingham Water Works Board Member and Former Chairman, dies at 67

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Ron Mims spent over 30 years as a Birmingham Water Works employee starting after high school working all the way up to chairman of the utility’s Board of Directors. (FILE)

By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times