Tag: president
Meet Birmingham’s Felicia Johnson, President of American Business Women’s Association
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
As national president of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Birmingham’s Felicia Johnson helps women grow through leadership, education, networking...
Inside the Birmingham Zoo and its must-see attractions
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Ritina Bailey of Bessemer has been a fan of the Birmingham Zoo for so long that she couldn’t wait for her daughter...
Sen. Kamala Harris, U.S. Presidential candidate, makes Alabama stops
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Sen. Kamala Harris made her first stop in Alabama over the weekend as a Democratic candidate for U.S. President and...
Dannetta Thornton Owens, 80, former Birmingham school board member
Times staff report
Dannetta Thornton Owens, former president of the Birmingham Board of Education, died on December 15. She was 80.
She was at home surrounded...
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a World War II hero whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait,...
Birmingham Mayor Bell on some of his noteworthy accomplishments
By Nick Patterson
The Birmingham Times
Despite controversies over the years — including his contentious relationship in the end with the Birmingham City Council and the...
Talladega President Billy Hawkins on the controversy: “The most courageous ....
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
If he had to do it all over again, Talladega College President Billy Hawkins said he would send the school’s...
Morehouse College’s Interim President William Taggart Dies
By Catherine Morris
Diverseeducation.com
The Morehouse College community woke on Thursday morning to the news that William Taggart, interim president of the historically black institution in...
City Council President Austin: Time to capitalize on the untapped potential...
By Johnathan Austin
As soon as I was old enough to walk, I learned to march. Birmingham’s history was sewn into the fabric of my family,...
Tom Hanks mixes laughs, gravity for ACLU online fundraiser
By Lynn Elber
AP Television Writer
Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin and other stars joined in an online fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union, urging the...