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







