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At 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes a Bold Statement

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers a memorial service address at historic Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, exactly 60 years after the church was bombed killing four little girls (AP Pool Photo, Butch Dill)

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson

For The Birmingham Times

President Kennedy and the Aftermath of the 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing

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By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times

Prepared Excerpts by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson.

By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times

U.S. Assistant AG Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks at Miles College

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From left: United States Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke; Acting Provost & VP of Academic Affairs, Dr. Tonya Perry; 15th President of Miles College, Bobbie Knight. (Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson, For The Birmingham Times)

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson

For The Birmingham Times

Retired Adults Find New Horizons, Friendships in Birmingham

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By Ryan Michaels

The Birmingham Times

HBCU Roundup, Week 3: Miles Takes Unbeaten Record on Road to Ark. Pine-Bluff

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Miles College will go for three straight to start the season in a road game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff of the Southwestern Athletic Conference on Saturday, Sept. 16. (Ta'Ron Williams, Miles College)

By Donald Hunt

For The Birmingham Times

Inside Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963

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The Rev. John H. Cross Jr., pastor of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, in the aftermath of the Sept. 15, 1963 bombing. (Birmingham, Ala. Public Library Archives)
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times

Often Lost to History, Virgil Ware, 14, Was Murdered Same Day Church Bombed

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Virgil Ware was killed on Sept. 15, 1963, while on his way back from Docena, a community just outside Birmingham, where he and his brother James had gone to buy a bicycle for Virgil's paper route.
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times

$50 Million Amphitheater to Open in 2025, After BJCC Board Approves Deal

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Live Nation is now officially set to manage an amphitheater set for construction as part of the Carraway Hospital redevelopment in Birmingham's North Side. (File)
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times