Tag: bcri
23 People, Places and Things to Watch in Birmingham in 2023
The Birmingham Times Staff
Birmingham has a number of tourist attractions, institutions, stories and people to share with the world. Some are annual events, some longstanding...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Celebrates 30 Years as a Community Jewel
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
DeJuana Thompson, president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), doesn’t remember a year of her youth in...
Here’s the lineup for the 2022 Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz...
Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com
Plans are shaping up for the return of the Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival. Two months after announcing the return of...
Record Number of Juneteenth Celebrations Planned Across Birmingham Metro Area
The Birmingham Times/AL.com
Juneteenth is a holiday that seems to get a little more joyous across Alabama every year, and judging from the ever-increasing number...
BCRI Responds to Recent Acts of Racially Motivated Terrorism
bcri.org
(The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute issued this statement on the massacre of innocent shoppers in Buffalo, NY)
On May 14 a mass shooting occurred...
DeJuana Thompson Named Permanent President and CEO of BCRI
The Birmingham Times
DeJuana Thompson will serve as president and CEO of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute without the "interim" designation, the board announced on Wednesday.
Thompson,...
Realizing Dr. King’s Dream at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Belinda Hines was at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Monday, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
Birmingham Squadron to celebrate MLK, honor Bishop Calvin Woods at Legacy...
By Joseph Hooven
pelicans.com
The Birmingham Squadron, NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, will host a celebration of the life and legacy of...
Meet Odessa Woolfolk: Birmingham’s Living Legend
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
It’s a sunny fall afternoon, and Odessa Woolfolk has made her way to the Titusville branch of the...
How An Educator Turned Vision of The BCRI Into Reality
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
When former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington Jr. assembled a 21-member task force to spearhead the creation of the...