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Birmingham Honors ‘Four Little Girls’, Past Civic Leaders During Church Bombing Observance

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Clergyman including Pastor Rev. Arthur Price Jr, (left), Sixteenth Street Baptist Church; Dr. Tony Evans (second from left), Pastor of Dallas, TX-based Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship and Rev. Thomas Wilder of Bethel Baptist Church (second from right) in Collegeville pray at wreath laying ceremony commemorating the four girls killed in church bombing of 1963. (Ryan Michaels, For The Birmingham Times)

By Ryan Michaels

The Birmingham Times

The Activist: Eric Hall, Black Lives Matter Birmingham

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Eric Hall, Black Lives Matter Birmingham, Jobs with Justice. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)

Compiled by Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times

The Activist: Clarence Muhammad, Birmingham Black Economic Alliance

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Clarence Muhammad, Birmingham Black Economic Alliance (Joe Songer, For The Birmingham Times)

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The Birmingham Times

The Activist: Cory Pettway, 1,000 Black Men Deep Walk

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Cory Pettway, 1,000 Black Men Deep Walk, New Era Birmingham, The Willing Family Joe Songer ,For The Birmingham Times)

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The Birmingham Times

HBCU Preview: Miles College to Host Valdosta St. in Key Matchup

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Safety Graderius Brown is a leader on this year's Miles College Golden Bears team. (Miles College Athletics)

By Donald Hunt

For The Birmingham Times

“It doesn’t make sense. People need to start thinking about what they’re doing before they do it. They have no regard for life.”

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Jasmaine Deloach, cousin of a 20-year-old survivor of a Sept. 5 shooting at The Quest nightclub in Birmingham’s Southside neighborhood which killed another man, according to a Sept. 8 story from WBRC Fox 6.

“I would tell myself, ‘Don’t give up, don’t give in, and don’t give out under any circumstances.’ That was my motto. I never thought I would get out.”

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Robert Cheeks, 80, who was recently released from William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Bessemer after serving 37 years of a life sentence given to him in 1985 in accordance with Alabama’s “three strikes” law.

Harry ‘Traveling Shoes’ Turner: The Ministry of Activism

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Harry "Traveling Shoes" Turner pictured in downtown Birmingham near the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times

The Activist: Frank Matthews: Founder, Outcast Voters League

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Frank Matthews, longtime activist, in Birmingham, AL. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
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The Birmingham Times