Tag: history
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Visits Her Mother’s Alma Mater in Alabama
By Cody D. Short | cshort@al.com
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traveled to Alabama last week to visit several historical markers, including Tuskegee University,...
At 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson...
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
For The Birmingham Times
Engaging, inspiring and compelling, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, making her first visit to Alabama, on Friday...
Alabama Rep. Juandalynn Givan, Vice President Harris to Host Reception in...
The Birmingham Times
Alabama State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, (D-Birmingham) will lead a group of leaders during a reception Thursday in Washington D.C. as Vice President...
Thousands Converge in Capitol for the March on Washington’s 60th Anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country...
Ramsay High School’s Jaidynn Perkins-Martin Headed to Yale University
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Jaidynn Perkins-Martin vividly remembers sitting in her living room waiting to see if she had been accepted into college....
Estela Tirado: Bringing Mexican Culture to the Magic City
By Ryan Michaels
Estela Tirado’s travels have taken her around the globe to places like Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, but recently she has embarked on...
Museum to Honor Clotilda Slave Ship Survivors Opens in Alabama
By John Sharp, AL.com
A first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to the Clotilda - the last known slave ship - and its 110 survivors officially opened on...
Catherine Burks-Brooks, Birmingham Freedom Rider, dies at 83
By Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com
“Mr. Bull” is what she called him. It’s what Catherine Burks-Brooks called Eugene (Bull) Connor on the morning of May...
Birmingham Attorneys React to Supreme Court’s End to Race-Conscious Admissions
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham-area attorneys on Thursday said they were not surprised that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard...
Anne-Marie Adams, Former Jefferson County Circuit Clerk, Dies at 77
The Birmingham Times
Former Jefferson County Circuit Clerk Anne-Marie Adams, who served as clerk from 2000 to 2018 has died. She was 77.
A funeral mass...