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By Sydney Melson The Birmingham Times Few could understand Courtney Kirk’s vision when she graduated from college, played professional basketball in Portugal, and returned home to...

By Je’Don Holloway Talley For the Birmingham Times When most in high school wanted to become doctors and lawyers, Sherrette Spicer knew she wanted to chart...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Celebrations continue on a grand scale for Tundra Williams and her event-planning business during the COVID-19 pandemic—they’re just more...

By Je’Don Holloway Talley For The Birmingham Times There were five kids in the family. There was one breadwinner, the father, and sadly, he was an...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Growing up in the Ensley community, Douglas Jackson can remember helping his grandparents to pass out meals after church...

By Je’Don Holloway Talley For The Birmingham Times In the 21-year existence of the Ebony Arrington Dance and Performance (EADP) studio in Roebuck, the company has...

By Joseph Goodman AL.com/The Birmingham News Charity Davis grew up in the suburbs of Birmingham, and then moved to Ensley for high school. By choice. She is now...

By Alicia Rohan UAB News Two students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have been accepted into the Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic Collegiate Recovery Leadership...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The World Games 2021 is much-anticipated by many Birmingham-area residents but none more than Kathy Boswell, who was appointed in...

By Jasmine Shaw For the Birmingham Times Shatysha “Tysh” Billingsley, owner of Finale, a luxury wine and dessert company, believes she was born to be a...