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Highly Anticipated Black Housing Summit Begins This Week in Birmingham, AL

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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times The National Association of Real Estate Brokers Inc. (NAREB) Black Housing Summit will be held in Birmingham this week from...

Attorney Fred Gray, Civil Rights Pioneer, Receives Honorary Degree from University...

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news.ua.edu TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama presented civil rights pioneer and attorney Fred David Gray with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree during...

Titusville Home to Odessa Woolfolk, Condoleezza Rice and Other Notables

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The Birmingham Times Titusville, a neighborhood nestled between the University of Alabama (UAB) to the east and Elmwood Cemetery to the west, launched the careers...

Tuesday’s elections gave black candidates a number of historic victories

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‎Times staff report Democrats scored several election firsts on Tuesday night and party officials credit the African-American electorate with playing a role. In New Jersey, voters...

Police in US more likely to arrest minorities during traffic stops

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By Tom Abate Northstar News Today/New America Media   Researchers analyzing data from millions of traffic stops in the United States have found that black and Hispanic...

African-Americans are three times more likely to develop kidney disease; here...

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By Glenn Ellis Each year, kidney disease kills more people than breast or prostate cancer. Given the staggering rates of kidney disease in the African-American community,...