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Angela Davis met with support, standing ovation at Boutwell

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Times staff report During a sold out appearance at the Boutwell Auditorium Saturday night in downtown Birmingham, Civil Rights activist, Angela Davis said she never...

Julianne Malveaux: In Honor of Dr. Angela Davis

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Dr. Julianne Malveaux If anyone deserves a civil rights award, Dr. Angela Davis certainly does. The activist and scholar has been on the front lines...

Richard Friedman: My view of Dr. Angela Davis

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By Richard Friedman Much has been written about the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s desire to award its prestigious Fred Shuttlesworth Award to Dr. Angela Davis....

In New Book ,‘Fifth Little Girl’ Describes First Hand Account of...

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By Sarah Collins Rudolph  This is the opening chapter of “The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (The Sarah...

Rabbi Jonathan Miller’s special bond with the Birmingham community

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Times Staff Report Rabbi Jonathan Miller thought he was only going to stay in Birmingham about five years when he moved to the city to...

Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist, dies at 84

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Dick Gregory, who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health,...

Legendary activist Harry Belafonte to receive BCRI’s top award

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Special to the Times In honor of its 25th Anniversary, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) has announced three recipients of the 2017 Fred L....

The Pride of Birmingham

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 Special to the Times Photographs by Reginald Allen Central Alabama Pride Inc.’s PrideFest was held on June 10 at Sloss Furnace while the Pride Parade was...