Tag: history
Black History Month: Major Speeches by Douglass, DuBois and Many Others
Times staff report
Some of the greatest individuals in black history have delivered some of the most significant speeches in American history. Their names and...
Realizing Dr. King’s Dream at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Belinda Hines was at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Monday, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Most Memorable Visits to Birmingham (AL)
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Birmingham have been intertwined ever since the Civil Rights leader helped dismantle segregation in...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Notable Quotes
By Hannah Hutyra
Keepinspiring.me
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was a pivotal advocate for African Americans...
Celebration of Life for Maxine McNair, mother of girl killed in...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Celebration of Life services for Maxine McNair, the last living parent of one of the four girls killed in...
Maxine McNair, mother of girl killed in Birmingham church bombing, dies...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Maxine McNair, the last living parent of one of the four girls killed in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, died...
Parker High School’s Wendell Hudson on Being First Black Hoops Player...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
Old friends sat and talked after lunch recently as a room full of basketball fans hung on every word.
Wendell Hudson...
Alabama Judge Clears 1955 Court Record of Civil Rights Pioneer
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
A judge has approved a request to wipe clean the court record of a Black woman who was arrested for refusing...
Ret. Judge Houston Brown and Attorney J. Mason Davis honored by...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Retired Jefferson County Judge Houston L. Brown and Birmingham lawyer J. Mason Davis, Jr. were honored Friday by the Birmingham...
Meet Odessa Woolfolk: Birmingham’s Living Legend
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
It’s a sunny fall afternoon, and Odessa Woolfolk has made her way to the Titusville branch of the...
