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Anne-Marie Adams, Former Jefferson County Circuit Clerk, Dies at 77

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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...

Jim Baggett, Birmingham (AL)’s Foremost Historian, to Retire on June 23

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By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times For historians, authors, researchers, academics, or anyone else looking for information about city of Birmingham history, the road usually leads...

Juneteenth Celebrations Kickoff Across Birmingham With Calls For Unity, Music, Awards

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By Ryan Michaels and Nicole S. Daniel The Birmingham Times Juneteenth Weekend in Birmingham kicked off with a luncheon at the Harbert Center in downtown on...

Business Icon A.G. Gaston Could Get Birmingham Street in His Honor

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Alabama News Center Staff As Birmingham continues to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the civil rights campaign that led to the dismantling of the city’s legal...

‘Within a Week … I Knew He Was Going to Be...

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 BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY Special to the Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like...

Alabama’s ‘Culture of Removal’ Takes Toll on Black Students

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By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | stryens-fernandes@al.com CJ wanted to take his mom to prom. He wanted to have his parents walk him out to the mound on...

Chervis Isom, Longtime Birmingham Civic Leader, Dies at 84

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By Joseph D. Bryant | jbryant@al.com Chervis Isom, the author, longtime Birmingham attorney, and mainstay of civic engagement, has died. Isom died unexpectedly while overseas Thursday. He...

Black-Owned Hotel Razed; Was Safe Haven During Segregation

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MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi hotel that gave Black travelers safe lodging during segregation and once welcomed such notables as the Rev. Martin...

Historic Masonic Temple in Birmingham Receives Mellon Grant to Preserve Artifacts

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pearlbridgestrategies.com The Prince Hall Legacy Foundation of Alabama was recently awarded a $670,000 grant by the Mellon Foundation to preserve artifacts and memorabilia from the...

First Black Woman Named to lead U. of Alabama’s The Crimson...

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thecrimsonwhite.com After serving in multiple positions at The Crimson White and as the current editor-in-chief of Nineteen Fifty-Six Magazine, a Black student led magazine on the...