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Drew: Older Adults and Disaster Recovery Kits

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By Samuetta Hill Drew

“What’s the deal with guns? Why do so many young people have guns? Too many will say: ‘Dead guys don’t get out of graves but guys with guns get out of jail.’”

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-Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr at an event in Birmingham organized by Voices of Black Mothers United, according to a story which appeared on birminghamtimes.com on April 24.

“You have to emulate those that you admire. Reach out to them, the accessible ones, and ask them what steps they took.”

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-Gina Grayson, a Birmingham native DJ, who has performed at events in and outside the city, according to an April 24 story from The Birmingham Times.

People, Places and Things

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GWEN DERU

Birmingham Students Make INROADS Through Paid Internship Program

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Students, officials, executives gathered on Tuesday for the launch of the INROADS College Links collaboration with Birmingham Promise at sponsor PNC Bank’s tech hub in the city’s Southside neighborhood. (Ryan Michaels, For The Birmingham Times)

By Ryan Michaels

The Birmingham Times

Harry Belafonte Mourned by Entertainment World, Biden, Obama

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Actor, singer and activist Harry Belafonte from the documentary film "Sing Your Song," poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 21, 2011. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home. He was 96. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)

By The Associated Press

‘After Our First Date I Already Knew I Wanted to [Marry] Her’

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BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY

Special to the Birmingham Times

Rep. Sewell Secures $2 Million in Federal Funds for The Lovelady Center in Birmingham 

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Left, Brenda Lovelady Spahn, founder/executive director of The Lovelady Center in Birmingham, with U.S. Rep Terri Sewell. (Nicole Daniel, The Birmingham Times)

By Nicole S. Daniel

The Birmingham Times