Tag: Odessa Woolfolk
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...
How An Educator Turned Vision of The BCRI Into Reality
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
When former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington Jr. assembled a 21-member task force to spearhead the creation of the...
Students, Friends, Colleagues on ‘The Gift’ That is Odessa Woolfolk
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Gloria A. Dennard was a student in Odessa Woolfolk’s 10th-grade history class at Birmingham’s Samuel Ullman High School,...
Titusville Home to Condoleezza Rice, Odessa Woolfolk and Other Notables
By Denise Steward
For the Birmingham Times
When she was a child, Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Carole Smitherman often spent her summers visiting the public...
Photo Gallery: 2017 Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Awards
Times Staff Report
Photos by Stephonia Taylor McLinn
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Saturday hosted its combined 2017 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award...
Odessa Woolfolk nurtured museum from idea to respected Institute
By Anita Debro
For the Birmingham Times
When Odessa Woolfolk walks into the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), it is almost like she is walking into...
These are the Community Members who helped grow Birmingham Civil Rights...
Members of the Task Force named by Mayor Richard Arrington in 1986 to plan for establishment of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute:
Odessa Woolfolk (Chairperson)
Frank...
Rabbi Jonathan Miller’s special bond with the Birmingham community
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...
#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Alabamians, Part Fourteen
Times staff report
The AT&T Alabama African-American History Calendar has been highlighting the achievements of the state’s best and brightest since 2011. It highlights the...
Honorees for 2016 Vulcan Awards announced
Times staff report
A long-time educator and civic activist and a University of Alabama at Birmingham professor are among the honorees for the 2016 Vulcan...
