Tag: education
New Initiative Supports Black Men in Pursuit of Teaching Careers
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
‘State of Housing in Black America’ Report Released in Birmingham
Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
Looking back when she and her husband bought their home in Adamsville AL, 17 years ago, Tambra Clark now calls it...
