This year’s Coke Scholars from Coca-Cola UNITED’s local bottling territories are, front row, from left: Lauren Ejiaga, Sophia Li, Shanmathi Gunasekaran, Abigail Hu, Eshika Kudaravalli and Ananya Bhatia. Back row, from left: Asanshay Gupta, Prajwal Saokar, Landon Bishop, Vinayak Menon and Sahil Sood. (PROVIDED)
The Masonic Temple sits in the heart of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument District at the corner of 4th Avenue North and 17th Street. (FILE)
Wilson Fallon Jr. has taught at Birmingham-Easonian and the University of Montevallo, serving as an instructor in a variety of history courses. (PROVIDED)
Donald Smith (left), Vice President, James Lewis Education and Tennis Foundation and Rudy Lewis, founder and former president of JLETF and director of George Ward Tennis Center, pose above courts at the center. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr., For The Birmingham Times)