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Birmingham Schools Creates Community Reading Groups to Boost Literacy for 3rd...
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Schools leaders took another step Monday to get all third graders reading on grade level or proficiency by...
How Educator Nathalie Nelson Parker Helps Students Read by Celebrating HBCUs
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Author and educator Nathalie Nelson Parker has partnered with Birmingham City Schools (BCS) to launch a special program...
Supreme Court Won’t Revisit Alabama Voting Map That Gives Blacks Greater...
BY MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to...
Mayor Woodfin: Birmingham City Schools Face Reading ‘Crisis’
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Monday night that Birmingham City Schools (BCS) were facing a reading “crisis” and that adults...
Birmingham City Schools Open with Focus on Alabama Literacy Act
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When Birmingham City Schools opened on Monday students entered a new academic school year with an intense focus on...
Black Lawmakers in Alabama: GOP Ignores Supreme Court Ruling on 2nd...
By Kim Chandler
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —Facing an order to draw new congressional district lines, Alabama Republicans advanced dueling proposals on Wednesday that boost the...
Appleseed Law Center’s Report Outlines Serious Need For Sentencing Reform
alabamaappleseed.org
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice this week released a comprehensive new report examining Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act, Condemned: Hundreds of Men Are Sentenced...
Influential Group of Clergy Oppose Changes to Mayor-Council Act
By Barnett Wright
Times staff writer
A group of diverse pastors on Wed., April 6 voiced strong opposition to legislation that would give Mayor William Bell...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Marks Voting Rights Act 50th...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Marks
Voting Rights Act 50th Anniversary on August 6
The Voting Act was Signed into Law on August 6, 1965
July 31,...
Anonymous Exposes Texas Police For Murdering Sandra Bland
The Anonymous collective is enraged at the failed attempt by Waller County PD and the Texas Trooper Association to mask a blatant act of...
