Tag: activist
Marva Douglas: The Tribulations and Triumphs of an Alabama Transit Advocate
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
When Marva Douglas began her tutoring business in Fairfield, Alabama, and searched for teachers, she learned a lesson of her...
Frank Dukes, Influential Leader of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, Dies...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Rev. Frank Dukes, an influential Birmingham Civil Rights Movement leader and President of Miles College's trailblazing student body in...
Here Are A Few Leading Birmingham (AL) Activists You Should Know
Compiled by Ryan Michaels
Photos by Amarr Croskey and Joe Songer
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham, known as a cradle of civil rights history, today still contains numerous...
Alabama Activists Press Voting Rights in U.S. Supreme Court Showdown
By Andrew Chung
(Reuters) - When Evan Milligan, a voting rights activist and organizer, scans his hometown of Montgomery, the capital of the state of...
‘Desecration’ of Bishop Calvin Woods Landmark Condemned by City Council, Civil...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
In a resolution presented to the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday, Councilor Steven Hoyt said the city should “reinforce” its...
1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died
By Rebecca Santana
Associated Press
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration...
Lucille Bridges, Mother Of Civil Rights Activist Ruby Bridges, Dead At...
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming...
Sherrette Spicer: ‘Lady Freedom’ Seeks Justice
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
When most in high school wanted to become doctors and lawyers, Sherrette Spicer knew she wanted to chart...
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered in Alabama
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama...
Onoyemi Williams: The Peacemaker
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist:
Onoyemi Williams, Birmingham Peacemakers
Williams, 44, said her focus has been on putting money into...
