Tag: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

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...

By Richard Friedman Much has been written about the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s desire to award its prestigious Fred Shuttlesworth Award to Dr. Angela Davis....

By Nathan Turner Jr. For the Birmingham Times A half century after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated Birmingham ministers say the Civil...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Gabrielle Johnson, a junior at Briarwood Christian School, is part of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Youth Leadership program. On Wednesday,...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times At an early age, Priscilla Hancock Cooper recognized the importance of mentors and artists. “I grew up working for a black...

Times Staff Report Photos by Stephonia Taylor McLinn The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Saturday hosted its combined 2017 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award...

By Anita Debro For the Birmingham Times The dignified domed building on 16th Street North in downtown Birmingham looks as though it was always meant to...

By Anita Debro For the Birmingham Times It’s been two years since Andrea Taylor joined the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) as president and CEO. During...

By Anita Debro For the Birmingham Times Richard Arrington Jr., Birmingham’s first elected African-American mayor, doesn’t take credit for establishing the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI),...

By Anita Debro For the Birmingham Times When Odessa Woolfolk walks into the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), it is almost like she is walking into...