Tag: mississippi
Federal Judges Choose Maps that Boosts Black Voting Power in Alabama
BY KIM CHANDLER
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district...
What to Expect in Today’s 81st Annual Magic City Classic
By Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
It’s not just another game on the schedule. It can determine a successful season. It’s for HBCU football bragging...
Black Girls Dream Big During Conference in Birmingham
The Birmingham Times
Hundreds of visitors from Birmingham and surrounding areas attended the Black Girls Dream Conference held this weekend which included the Journey Dream...
HBCU Football: Undefeated Alabama St. (2-0) faces huge road test at...
By Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
Alabama State is off to a good start with two non-conference victories over Howard University and Miles College. However,...
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Water Crisis in Jackson Miss. Reflects Vicious Neglect
By The Rev. Jesse Jackson
In sweltering heat, 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the state’s capital and its largest city, had no running water, after...
Miss USA 2020 is the first Black woman to represent Mississippi
By Scottie Andrew
CNN
The first Black woman to be crowned Miss Mississippi USA is now the reigning Miss USA.
Asya Branch, a student at the University...
Library Director Floyd Council Sr., accomplished singer, Army vet, administrator, outlines...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Floyd Council Sr., the new executive director of the Birmingham Public Library (BPL), could read music before he...
A ‘civil rights camp’ teaches kids a history they’re not learning...
By Avis Thomas-Lester
The Hechinger ReportTrevion Williams (left) and Jashun Griffith (right), both 13, students at Crystal Springs Middle School in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, chat at...
Foot Soldiers’ Reunion at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church-Smithfield.
Members of the Civil Rights Activist Committee this month held their annual Foot Soldiers’ Reunion at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church-Smithfield.
The gathering featured art...
Remembering Albert Joyner
Remembering Albert Joyner
(Photo Source: Courtesy of the Joyner Family)
Albert Joyner, one of the nation’s most successful owners of McDonald’s franchises and philanthropist, passed away...
