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School Attendance Incentives for Birmingham Students Showing Signs of Success

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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Birmingham’s Every Day Counts program, an effort to combat truancy, is gaining momentum. The initiative incentivizes Housing Authority...

New Initiative Supports Black Men in Pursuit of Teaching Careers

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By Carla Davis l Alabama NewsCenter When Albert Ball was a student, what he “really needed” both inside and outside the classroom was Black male...

How Chandra Scott is Expanding the Possible

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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times The nation’s first ever Historically Black Community Colleges (HBCC’s) conference will be held February 8-9 in Mobile and hosted by Alabama Possible, a...

Atlanta’s Spelman College Just Got the Largest-Ever Single Donation to an...

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BY JEFF AMY ATLANTA (AP) — A billionaire couple is giving $100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school says is the largest-ever single...

Mayor Woodfin To All ‘Lazy’ Birmingham School Teachers: ‘Resign … We...

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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times Saying a “C” grade was unacceptable for Birmingham City Schools, Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday called on all city schoolteachers...

UAB’s Dr. Tondra Loder-Jackson and Birmingham’s Schoolhouse Activists

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By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times As a military child, Tondra Loder-Jackson lived in a number of locales including Hawaii; Texas; and Maryland, but no place...

Birmingham’s Imani Perry, MacArthur Fellow, on Her Most Important Lesson

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By Tamika Moore Imani Perry is an interdisciplinary scholar and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. She was honored with a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship,...

Beverly Clark Introduces Youth to the Lost Art of Crochet

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By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times Beverly Clark remembers “minding her own business,” crocheting a hat-and-scarf set while helping her daughter at a pop-up event, and...

Comedian Henry Welch: Birmingham Native Returns Home for Shows This Weekend

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By Je'Don Holloway-Talley For The Birmingham Times Birmingham native Henry Welch has a perspective of the city that few can offer. The comedian and actor is...

Matt Dale Grew Up in Shadows of Birmingham Southern; He’s Doing...

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By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times When Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer last month denied Birmingham Southern College’s application for an almost $30 million bridge loan...