Tag: history
Statues of Helen Keller and Rosa Parks coming to Alabama Capitol
By Justin Averette
Alabama NewsCenter
Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill last week creating a commission charged with installing statues of Rosa Parks and...
Yale University To Have Its First Black Student Body President In...
By Kimberley Richards
Black Voices
Yale University student Kahlil Greene is set to become the university’s first black student body president.
Greene, who will begin his junior...
Clotilda: Last US slave ship discovered among gators, snakes
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The old wooden ship hull didn’t look like much when researchers first saw it: just broken, waterlogged...
Word on The Street
Compiled by Ameera Steward
America has a rich history and we asked Birmingham area residents, What period in our nation’s history would you like to...
Expelled in 1956, first black student at University of Alabama gets...
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree last...
3 black women win Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss...
By Mark Kennedy
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant...
BCRI to mark 56th anniversary of Children’s Crusade on May 10
By Pay Byington
bhamnow.com
It is a part of the history of Birmingham we shall never forget.
During the first week of May 1963, Civil Rights leaders...
Books and Brunch: A Celebration of Literacy, History and Sisterhood
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Imagine a safe space to celebrate black womanhood and culture while learning about black history through books by black authors....
Lori Lightfoot Wins Chicago Mayor Race, Will Be First Black Woman...
By Sanjana Karanth
Black Voices
Lori Lightfoot will be Chicago’s next mayor after Tuesday’s highly anticipated race. She’ll become the first black woman ever to lead...
Seamstress Sara Maiden: Part of city’s history and fabric
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Sara Maiden traces her beginnings as a seamstress back to when she was 4 years old and made clothes for...
