Tag: Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award
Widow of Medgar Evers to Receive BCRI’s 2022 Shuttlesworth Award
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) has selected Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers, as this year’s recipient of the...
Angela Davis To Receive BCRI’s Shuttlesworth Award on June 19
bcri.org
Global human rights activist, scholar, author and Birmingham native Dr. Angela Y. Davis will receive the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, the highest award...
Angela Davis speaks for first time in Birmingham since Civil Rights...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Dr. Angela Davis returned home to Birmingham today to speak publicly for the first time since the city’s Civil Rights...