Robert Cheeks, who turned 80 years old on Saturday, was released from incarceration after serving 37 years under Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act. (Bernard Troncale/Alabama Appleseed)
Sarah Collins-Rudolph, left, survivor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing on Sept. 15, 1963 was taken to University Hospital where she was cared for by Rosetta “Rose” Hughes, right, a nurse at the facility. They reunited recently to reflect on a day nearly 60 years ago that changed Birmingham forever. (Frank Couch, For The Birmingham Times)