Tag: freedom
Business Owner Nykki Houston Turns Home Into Self-Care Mini Mall
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
For The Birmingham Times
Just outside of Birmingham, in the community of Clay, sits a home with a neatly groomed lawn that is...
Birmingham Approves $1 Million Financial Literacy Initiative for City Schools
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved $1 million for a financial literacy initiative for six Birmingham City Schools to receive...
Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Will Receive Presidential Award of Freedom From...
By Chuck Chandler
Alabama NewsCenter Staff
President Joe Biden on July 7 will award Alabama’s Fred Gray Sr. the Presidential Award of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest...
Birmingham Public Library to Host Dozens of Black History Month Programs
bplonlinenews.comThe Birmingham Public Library (BPL)'s celebration of Black History Month is into its second week. Throughout February, BPL is hosting 71 free programs and activities for our patrons in 15...
Sharpe-Jefferson: What Are You Willing to Pay for Freedom?
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
I recently made a really tough decision. I was offered a position, as in a job, that I really wanted to take.
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Sharpe-Jefferson: A Sense of Independence on This Year’s July 4th
Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
Celebrations of freedom for the 4th of July take on a brand-new meaning this year.
Alabama, and America for that matter, continue to open...
Harriett Tubman, MLK Jr., Frederick Douglass Quotes to Celebrate Juneteenth
inspiringquotes.com
President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as...
Congress Could Make Juneteenth A National Holiday
By Arthur Delaney
Black Voices
Congress hasn’t created a new holiday since 1983, when it made one for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Now some lawmakers...
Jefferson County DA Urges New Trial for Man on Alabama’s Death...
By Beth Shelburne
WBRC
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr filed an extraordinary legal pleading Friday in the high-profile capital murder...
Cyntoia Brown Released From Prison After Serving 15 Years Of Life...
By Hayley Miller
Black Voices
Sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown was released from prison Wednesday after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing a...
