Tag: Birmingham Times
Malveaux: White privilege and black power
By Julianne Malveaux
Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a member of Congress. Let me repeat that. Ms. Omar is a member of Congress. So how dare...
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...
First Black Woman Appointed To Serve As Supreme Court Chief Justice...
By Kimberly Richards
Black Voices
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday appointed Cheri Beasley to be the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court....
Nick Patterson named Digital Content Coordinator for The Birmingham Times
Times staff report
Nicholas Patterson has been named digital content coordinator for the Birmingham Times Media Group, Inc.
Patterson, who was born in Ensley and raised...
How Birmingham Housing plans to reduce crime at one of its...
By Joseph D. Bryant
Housing Authority of the Birmingham District
The president/CEO of Birmingham’s housing authority envisions a new look for Marks Village in the Gate...
Lavell Crawford, lost weight, not sense of humor
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Lavell Crawford lost weight, but not his sense of humor.
After dropping 130 pounds, Crawford said he’s been hit with a...
Widely anticipated ‘Arts, Beats and Lyrics’ art show packs Art Museum
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
‘Art, Beats and Lyric’s’ 13th annual urban-lifestyle art show attracted a packed crowd last week to the the...
As membership grew for Restoration Academy Chorale, so did the tributes
By Rubin E. Grant
Special to The Times
DeZell Plump grew up singing in choirs.
“I always had a gift for it, and my parents stewarded it,”...