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MLK Jr. Made Dozens of Visits to Birmingham That Became Part...

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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...

President Kennedy and the Aftermath of the 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing

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By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times President John F. Kennedy expressed "outrage" and "grief" one day after Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed in 1963 killing...

Carol McKinstry, Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor, on the ‘Hurt And Grief’

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By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Carol Maull McKinstry, 15 years old in 1963, had been a member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church since the...

Lisa McNair Publishes “Dear Denise” to Her Sister, One of Church...

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The Birmingham Times Lisa McNair, whose sister was one of four little girls killed on Sept. 15, 1963 in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, has...

University of Alabama to remove KKK leader’s name from hall

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By Jay Reeves Associated Press University of Alabama trustees voted Friday to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from...

Celebration of Life for Maxine McNair, mother of girl killed in...

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 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...

Black editor steps down after ‘interference’ from white publisher she replaced

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By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Weeks after taking the reign over a small-town Alabama newspaper that called for the Ku Klux Klan to “night ride...

‘Let’s Talk Race’ session draws diverse crowd to Vestavia Hills church

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By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times The Rev. Ron Higey had his plans laid out. The pastor of Birmingham International Church in Vestavia Hills...

KKK Rally Shows Racial Hate Still Strong in South Carolina

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By Michael H. Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com “They took our flag, so be it. They’re taking our heritage from us. They’re taking the freedom out of America.”—William...

From the CAC of REV Birmingham

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The Community Affairs Committee of REV Birmingham, deplores the racist terrorism at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. We send our deepest sympathy to...