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A Birmingham Civil Rights Reformer, and Newspaper Editor, Lost to History

By Michael Sznajderman Alabama News Center This story is part of a series of articles, “Bending Toward Justice,” focusing on the 60th anniversary of events that took...

Bipartisan Group of Congressional Members in Birmingham for Civil Rights Pilgrimage

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times More than two dozen members of the U.S. House and Senate from both sides of the aisle were at Bethel...

Bessemer, Alabama’s First Black Fire Chief Retires

The Birmingham Times Randall McFarland Jr., Bessemer’s first Black fire chief, has announced his retirement. Chief McFarland Jr. has been with the Bessemer Fire Department for...

Listing of More Than 100 African Americans Emblazoned on U.S. Postage...

Compiled by The Birmingham Times For more than a century, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) stamps have paid homage to people who have left their...

Some of History’s Most Memorable Speeches by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass...

Times staff report Some of the greatest individuals in Black history have delivered some of the most significant speeches in American history. Their names and...

“We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a...

W.E.B. Du Bois in 1903 from his “Men of Niagara” discourse from one of the Great Speeches in Black History which appeared in the...

Birmingham Children’s Theatre hosts Black History Month Fest This Weekend

By Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com The Birmingham Children’s Theatre is gearing up to host its first festival in honor of Black History Month. The Lift Every Voice Festival is...

Black Heritage Fair Set for Feb. 4 in Downtown Birmingham

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group (BAAGG) will host its 2023 Black Heritage Fair on Feb. 4 from 11 a.m....

Birmingham Commemorates MLK Day With Speeches, Service

By Nicole S. Daniel and Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Birmingham area leaders and residents gathered Monday in The Boutwell Auditorium for the 37th Annual Unity...

Legacy Museum draws second-most visitors among Alabama’s paid tourism sites

By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com The expanded Legacy Museum, opened by the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery in 2021, now ranks as Alabama’s second-most popular paid attraction,...

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