Tag: Black Girl Magic
How Allison Sanders Became Opera Birmingham’s Powerful One-Act Show
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
During rehearsal at the Red Mountain Theatre on a recent evening, Allison Sanders is preparing for opening night of...
dwb (driving while black) Opera Comes to Birmingham’s Red Mountain Theatre
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Prior to graduating from high school in Memphis, Tennessee, the multitalented Allison Sanders didn’t have any idea where she...
Columnist Gwen DeRu: A Birmingham Institution
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Gwen DeRu is a Birmingham institution.
The founder and CEO of DeRu and Associates, where she provides services such as...
Delicia Mason: The Passion of a Chief Nursing Officer at Children’s...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
While attending Auburn University in Montgomery (AUM), Delicia Mason did her clinicals at Children’s of Alabama and knew that...
Tierra Robinson Jeter: The Business of Luxury Coffee and Herbal Tea
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Tierra Robinson Jeter, owner of Fairfield-based La’Fleur Coffee Boutique, wants her customers to do more than just like her...
How Nonhlanla Jones Makes Bee Harvesting Sweet as Honey
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
While working for a Birmingham non-profit Nonhlanla Mamkhize Jones noticed the organization had a beehive that no one knew...
Erneshya Ray: Hand-Crafted Jewelry and Timeless Gemstones
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When a friend encouraged her to purchase some gemstones at a retail store in Birmingham and wrap the stone...
Meet the 13-Year-Old Accepted to UAB Medical School
The Birmingham Times
Alena Wicker may only be 13, but she’s been busy. A nominee for TIME’s Top Kid of the Year, the college student and founder of The...
19-year-old becomes youngest African American to graduate law school in U.S.
Jala Washington
KTSM El Paso
DALLAS -- Haley Schlitz on Friday became the youngest Black student to graduate from law school in the U.S.
Schlitz walked across...
Birmingham-Area Lawyers on Judge Jackson’s Historic Supreme Court Nomination
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee this week after being the first Black woman...