Tag: people profile
Sherrette Spicer: ‘Lady Freedom’ Seeks Justice
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
When most in high school wanted to become doctors and lawyers, Sherrette Spicer knew she wanted to chart...
Event Planner Tundra Williams: Festivities Continue During Pandemic; So Does She
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Celebrations continue on a grand scale for Tundra Williams and her event-planning business during the COVID-19 pandemic—they’re just more...
Jegil Dugger: Former Football Star Now Runs Successful Tech Companies
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Jegil Dugger went from running a football at Midfield High School and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)...
The James Harris Journey: From Hunger to Harvest to Hope
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
There were five kids in the family. There was one breadwinner, the father, and sadly, he was an...
Douglas Jackson: Kikstart Inc. Founder, Back Home to Serve Those in...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Growing up in the Ensley community, Douglas Jackson can remember helping his grandparents to pass out meals after church...
Birmingham’s Cicely Jones, Financial Advisor, Offers Sage Advice During COVID-19
By Jasmine Shaw
For the Birmingham Times
With the COVID-19 pandemic having a major impact on both the financial markets and the personal assets of...
Bronze McGhee Lougheed: Dance Teacher Extraordinaire
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
In the 21-year existence of the Ebony Arrington Dance and Performance (EADP) studio in Roebuck, the company has...
Charity Davis: Vanderbilt U-bound Senior Makes Ensley Proud
By Joseph Goodman
AL.com/The Birmingham News
Charity Davis grew up in the suburbs of Birmingham, and then moved to Ensley for high school.
By choice.
She is now...
BPD Officer Jeanette Prince Protects- and Serves Those in Need
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
While making her recent rounds on Birmingham’s Southside, Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Officer Jeanette Prince struck up a conversation...
Jaccari Hampton, City of Birmingham’s Working Class Hero
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Whenever children in his neighborhood didn’t have a place to stay, there was always a spot in Jaccari Hampton’s house.
“There...
