Tag: Black
‘My Heart And My Soul Were Full . . .I Got...
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY
Special to the Birmingham Times
“You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like...
What women need to know about fibroids and potential risks
By Ameera Steward
For The Birmingham Times
Many do not know that July is Fibroid Awareness Month, and even fewer know much about fibroids at all—and...
1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died
By Rebecca Santana
Associated Press
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration...
J.C. Wells, licensed counselor: ‘Mental health is becoming more critical’
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
J.C. Wells, a licensed professional counselor with the Birmingham-based Without Walls Counseling Services, recently spoke to The Birmingham Times about...
Phylicia Rashad apologizes after comment on Cosby divides Howard U. students...
By Curtis Bunn
NBCBLK
When Phylicia Rashad, a Howard University alum and the new dean of its college of fine arts, tweeted her resounding support for former...
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered in Alabama
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama...
Cleveland “Cleve” Eaton, Hall of Fame jazz great, dies at 80
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Cleveland “Cleve” Eaton, the Hall of Fame jazz legend from Fairfield (Ala.), died on Sunday morning. He was 80.
“He was...
AP Source: NFL To Play Black Anthem Before National Anthem
By ROB MAADDI
AP Pro Football Writer
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL...
Civil Unrest Damaged Buildings; Then Local Artists Responded, In Photos
revbirmingham.org
Plywood surrounding businesses and buildings is the opposite of what most people picture when they think of a thriving downtown, but, somehow, Birmingham managed...
Dr. Ankrehah “Kre” Johnson: The Ministry of Medicine
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
As a doctor, Ankrehah “Kre” Trimble Johnson was particularly saddened when 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington, a student at Huffman High School,...
