Tag: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham celebrates Black History Month with these activities
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Honoring Black History Month may look and feel different this year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic but there...
Pastor T.D. Jakes, Atlanta Mayor pledge to match Woodfin’s $1K to...
By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute hosted a virtual roundtable of Black mayors on Thursday, moderated by TV Evangelist and best-selling author...
Regions Bank Announces $75K Grant for BCRI
regions.com
Regions Bank today announced a $75,000 grant for the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), a cultural and educational research center that chronicles the visual and oral...
City Council Approves $250K in Funding for BCRI
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $250,000 in emergency funds for Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) as the...
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...
New Exhibit Exploring Life During Jim Crow Opens Oct. 18 at...
By Jon Eastwood
bhamnow.com
Maybe you’ve heard personal stories from your grandparents? Or studied civil rights in school. Understanding the struggles many faced before you isn’t...
BCRI Youth Tour Alabama African American Heritage Sites
bcri.org
Twenty students in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s (BCRI) Legacy Youth Leadership Program left Tuesday, July 16 for a three-day tour of historical sites...
BCRI to mark 56th anniversary of Children’s Crusade on May 10
By Pay Byington
bhamnow.com
It is a part of the history of Birmingham we shall never forget.
During the first week of May 1963, Civil Rights leaders...
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...
Angela Davis speaks for first time in Birmingham since Civil Rights...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Dr. Angela Davis returned home to Birmingham today to speak publicly for the first time since the city’s Civil Rights...
