Tag: black history
Civil Rights Pilgrimage ‘Difficult’ This Year for Members of Congress
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Nearly 20 members of Congress, including U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, began an annual pilgrimage through Alabama’s civil rights sites on...
Regions Honors Birmingham Attorney J. Mason Davis Jr. For Lifetime Achievement
By Candace Higginbotham
J. Mason Davis Jr. didn’t have to ask to join civic groups around Birmingham, Alabama. That’s because they usually asked him first.
“And...
The Morgan Project Highlights One of Birmingham’s Most Impassioned Speeches
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The Birmingham Times
Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones summed up it best when he told a gathering Wednesday at the Sixteenth Street...
A conversation on historical memory and rethinking Black history
by Brianna Hoge
In honor of Black History Month, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Paulette Patterson Dilworth, Ph.D., vice president of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,...
Birmingham Library Hosts 3rd Week of Black History Month Programs
bplonlinemews.com
The Birmingham Public Library (BPL)'s celebration of Black History Month is into its third week. Throughout February, BPL is hosting free programs and activities for patrons in 15 libraries across...
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument receives grant for field trips for...
By Mark Kelly
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument recently received a grant for a program aimed at fourth graders in Birmingham and Jefferson County. Awarded by...
Best way for Blacks to honor Dr. King: Stop killing each...
By Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com
This is an opinion column
I don’t want to see another balloon rise toward the clouds to honor a dead child....
Killer Mike’s MLK Day message to Birmingham: Always be organizing
By Dennis Pillion | dpillion@al.com
Michael “Killer Mike” Render has become a powerful nationwide voice in the Black community on issues of race, police brutality, economics...
Alpha Phi Alpha members speak on the legacy of Brother MLK,...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in Birmingham and across the nation on Monday, January 17 was...
A Listing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nearly Two Dozen...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Birmingham have been intertwined ever since the Civil Rights leader helped dismantle segregation in...