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Meet the Parker High School Coach Inducted into Grambling State Hall of Fame

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Robert Taylor Jr.. a defensive coach at A.H. Parker High School, and Grambling State University Hall of Famer. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr., For The Birmingham Times)

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

For The Birmingham Times

Emory Announces First African American Studies Ph.D. Program in Southeast

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia

Homeless and Transitional Housing Center To Open in Smithfield

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Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Kathie Hiers, CEO of AIDs Alabama and other leaders cut the ribbon in The Way Station in Smithfield. (Ryan Michaels, The Birmingham Times).

By Ryan Michaels 

The Birmingham Times 

Alabama poet laureate Ashley M. Jones awarded $50,000 grant from the Academy of American Poets

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Alabama poet laureate Ashley Jones is one of 22 poet laureates in the 2022 cohort of Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellows (Photo Credit: Amarr Croskey)

Why Homeschooling Continues a Viable Option for Many Black Families in Alabama

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Tegan Frazier homeschooling her six-year-old twins, Israel and Isabella. (Amarr Croskey, The Birmingham Times)
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times

Dissatisfied With Public Education, These Parents Founded Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham

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Yalonda Chandler, left, and Jennifer Duckworth, co-founders Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times

Here’s How BCS’s Reggie White, AL Teacher of the Year, Spent His Summer

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Reggie White, shortly after being named Alabama Teacher of the Year, with Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan, left. (Joe Songer, For The Birmingham Times)
By Joseph D. Bryant
For The Birmingham Times