Tag: authors
Retired Birmingham Library Archivist: ‘You Can’t Cancel Me’ Now
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
For historians, authors, researchers, academics, or anyone else looking for information about city of Birmingham history, the road usually leads...
Shauntasha Nicole Toombs Celebrates Book Launch on Saturday
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Shauntasha Nicole Toombs believes that everyone has a story worth sharing that can help others and ourselves. She...
Word on The Street
Compiled by Erica Wright
Who is an author, fiction or non-fiction, you would like to meet and why?
Melissa Delong: “Thich Nhat Hanh. He is a...
Jayla Groom Penned Book After Seeing Her Mom’s ‘Wanted’ Mugshot on...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When Jayla Groom went on Facebook last year and saw her mother’s mugshot on Crime Stoppers with a “Wanted” caption...
Mother and 7 Year-Old Daughter Encourage Girls to See Beauty; not...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Dee Edwards remembers her daughter Aubrey coming home from school one day upset that she didn’t look like her friends....
Khalil Saadiq Wrote Book That He Says ‘Will Read You’
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When Khalil Saadiq left Howard University three years ago, he wanted other students to learn from his experiences, so he...
Neena Speer’s First Year in Law School Made Her Better Attorney...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
At the time, Neena Speer felt that going through law school was the worst hand she could have been dealt.
“I...
Ruby Davis: From Mom To Attorney To Published Author
Bpl.org
Since becoming a teenage mother, Birmingham’s Ruby Y. Davis has defied the odds and refused to let hearsay—what others said about her—stop her from...
Birmingham Library hosts first ‘Reading Between the Wines’ on Friday
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Cindy Wilson, born in Seoul, Korea, was adopted by an African-American couple stationed there when she was just a few...
