Tag: activist
Eric Hall, Co-Founder of Local BLM, Patterns Activism After Mom’s Work...
By Ameera Steward
For the Birmingham Times
Activist Eric Hall grew up in two cities with names that make people think of Black lives.
The 38-year-old is...
Angela Davis To Receive BCRI’s Shuttlesworth Award on June 19
bcri.org
Global human rights activist, scholar, author and Birmingham native Dr. Angela Y. Davis will receive the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, the highest award...
At 81, Birmingham’s Maralyn Mosley still goes toe-to-toe with the political...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
She’s known simply as “Mrs. Mosley.”
Elected officials, corporate titans, civic leaders, neighborhood officers all know the blunt Maralyn Mosley, who,...
Angela Davis met with support, standing ovation at Boutwell
Times staff report
During a sold out appearance at the Boutwell Auditorium Saturday night in downtown Birmingham, Civil Rights activist, Angela Davis said she never...
New generation of Birmingham protesters step up
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When protests were held in Hoover, Ala., on Tuesday evening after Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said a police officer...
Julianne Malveaux: In Honor of Dr. Angela Davis
Dr. Julianne Malveaux
If anyone deserves a civil rights award, Dr. Angela Davis certainly does. The activist and scholar has been on the front lines...
Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies at 81
By Christopher Torchia
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, died in a hospital on Monday after a...
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist, dies at 84
LOS ANGELES (AP)
Dick Gregory, who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health,...
Black Female Activist Charged With Lynching in Controversial Case
By The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Sacramento police arrested black activist Maile Hampton (pictured) over her role in a Black Lives Matter protest...
Baltimore’s Youth: Champions, Not Thugs (They Just Don’t Know It Yet)
Baltimore's Youth: Champions, Not Thugs (They Just Don't Know It Yet)
By Orrin Hudson, former law enforcement officer-turned-community activist
My name is Orrin "Checkmate" Hudson. I...
