Tag: civil rights
Temple Beth El Opens Civil Rights Experience to Build Stronger Ties
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
Temple Beth El on Thursday officially opened its Beth El Civil Rights Experience (CRE) with the screening of a short...
“This is a victory for all Americans, particularly voters of color,...
-Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, after U.S. Supreme Court again allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for...
The Impact of Acclaimed Photographer Dawoud Bey and The Birmingham Project
By Ryan Michaels
For The Birmingham Times
Acclaimed photographer Dawoud Bey presents “The Birmingham Project” an exhibition of portraits at the Birmingham Museum of Art through...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Visits Her Mother’s Alma Mater in Alabama
By Cody D. Short | cshort@al.com
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traveled to Alabama last week to visit several historical markers, including Tuskegee University,...
“Why has it taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for...
-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, birminghamtimes.com, Sept. 16.
“The major trauma for me was the beating he took here...
-Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill, 80, daughter of the legendary Birmingham Civil Rights leader Fred L. Shuttlesworth at Phillips Academy, which renamed its auditorium in honor...
At 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson...
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
For The Birmingham Times
Engaging, inspiring and compelling, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, making her first visit to Alabama, on Friday...
President Kennedy and the Aftermath of the 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
President John F. Kennedy expressed "outrage" and "grief" one day after Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed in 1963 killing...
Prepared Excerpts by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at Birmingham’s 16th Street...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, making her first visit to Alabama, delivered a special memorial service address in...
Carol McKinstry, Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor, on the ‘Hurt And Grief’
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Carol Maull McKinstry, 15 years old in 1963, had been a member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church since the...
