Tag: community

By Veleka Finch doingmoretoday.com Morris Kimani believes his time, resources and talents become useful only when he gives them away to others. Kimani emigrated from Kenya...

By Vickii Howell Special to the Birmingham Times MOBILE, Ala.—For decades, a handful of ancestors and neighborhood historians held down the legends of Africatown’s founding, recalling...

By Gwen  DeRu TODAY SUMMER KICK OFF PARTY WITH BEITTHEMEANS, 53 JUDGES & TIRE FIRE at The Nick. MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS, 6 p.m. at the Birmingham Civil...

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK A billionaire technology investor stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College when he announced at their commencement Sunday that he...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Jewell Christopher (Chris) McNair was remembered on Friday as a remarkable man whose love and forgiveness were stronger than one...

Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Jessie Nelson, owner of Nelson Brother’s Café in Birmingham’s historic Fourth Avenue Business District, has died. He was 78. He was...

By Loumay Alesali and Christina Zdanowicz CNN A church that lost its worship home to a Christmas Day fire has found a new home in a...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The faith-based community must speak with one voice in creating second chances for people released from prison, a group of...

Times staff report Project Homeless Connect, an annual day of services in one place with the goal to break down the barriers to safe, decent,...

Times staff report As part of the Birmingham Task Force for Preserving Dynamic and Diverse Neighborhoods initiative, the city will hold four public meetings to...