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Selma AL Begins Digging Out From Devastating Storm

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Tornado damage near downtown Selma, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (Marvin Gentry | news@al.com)

Mike Cason | mcason@al.com

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: ‘Without Birmingham’, No March on Washington

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the annual Men's Day celebration at New Pilgrim Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on March 6, 1960. (Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group. Photo by Tom Lankford, Birmingham News)

A Look at MLK Jr.’s Nearly Two Dozen Visits to Birmingham AL

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King at the funeral for Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair and Cynthis Wesley on Sept. 18, 1963 who were killed three days earlier in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. (Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by labama Media Group. Photo by Vernon Merritt, Birmingham News)
By Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times

Drew: Pet Safety During the Winter Months

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Samuetta Hill Drew

“I want to be able to nurture talent and inspire people and give them tools for whatever success they need.”

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-Eboni Major, a Birmingham native credited as being one of the first Black female whiskey blenders in the U.S., recently named one of influential Imbibe Magazine’s 75 People to Watch in 2023, according to a Jan. 9 story in The Birmingham Times.

“I think if we give people great environments, then their kids can thrive in it.”

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Birmingham City Council President Pro Tem Crystal Smitherman on how a $50 million federal grant the city applied for could help revitalize the Smithfield community and incentivize people to move back to the city, according to a Jan. 4 story in The Birmingham Times.

People, Places and Things

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Comedian Wanda Sykes

GWEN DERU

Birmingham City Council Backs Mayor Woodfin’s Homeless Shelter Plan

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By Ryan Michaels

The Birmingham Times