Tag: civil rights
Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and MLK Aide, Dies at 98
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country’s first black president...
During Pilgrimage, Congressional leaders visit Birmingham
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
More than 40 United States congressional leaders including U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and U.S. Speaker...
Veteran Henry Brown reflects on life of service, activism
By UAB Medicine News
People who visit or work in the Whitaker Clinic of UAB Hospital likely have crossed paths with UAB Medicine Guest and Hospitality Services representative Henry...
Civil Rights Icon Charles Avery Jr. Continues His Fight For What...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
When Dina Avery wrote a book about her family history, her dad had to play an integral role. Her father,...
US civil rights advocate Juanita Abernathy dies at 88
By Chevel Johnson
Associated Press
Juanita Abernathy, who wrote the business plan for the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and took other influential steps in helping to...
Civil rights groups, supporters gather for Marshae Jones
Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
A number of civil rights and women groups gathered in Bessemer Tuesday to express outrage at the indictment of a Pleasant...
City celebrates 65th anniversary of famed A.G. Gaston Motel
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Rochelle Malone remembers the times she went fishing with her great-grandfather, Birmingham business mogul, Dr. Arthur George Gaston.
“He would always...
Book Set in Civil Rights Era Inspires Local Artist, 10
By Kathryn Sesser-Dorné
The Birmingham Times
Dalvin McCollum, a rising fifth grader at Avondale Elementary School, didn't have to think long about what to do when...
Expelled in 1956, first black student at University of Alabama gets...
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree last...
Congressional leaders in Birmingham for Civil Rights Pilgrimage
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Many of Alabama’s political leaders, locally and nationally, gathered Friday in Birmingham for the 26th annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage....