Tag: birmingham history
“He was the epitome of greatness. Somebody might ask, ‘Why do...
-Dr. Jonathan McPherson, Sr. pastor St. John Baptist Church, Edgewater, who delivered the eulogy for Civil Rights icon Frank Dukes; birminghamtimes.com, Nov. 20.
“Why has it taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for...
-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, birminghamtimes.com, Sept. 16.
“The major trauma for me was the beating he took here...
-Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill, 80, daughter of the legendary Birmingham Civil Rights leader Fred L. Shuttlesworth at Phillips Academy, which renamed its auditorium in honor...
Inside Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A phone rings inside the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull lifts up the receiver.
The...
Often Lost to History, Virgil Ware, 14, Was Murdered Same Day...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing was not the only tragedy in Birmingham on Sept. 15, 1963. Four girls --...
Historic Civil Rights Church Gets $192K Preservation Grant
Alabama News Center
The Alabama Historical Commission has awarded Birmingham’s Old Sardis Baptist Church a $192,000 grant to aid in preserving a site where one of the...
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...
Jim Baggett on the Gems Few Know About in BPL Archives
By Roy L. Williams
Birmingham Public Library
Jim Baggett, the Birmingham Public Library’s award-winning head archivist for over 30 years, retired Friday, June 23.
As head of...