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“Being so young … I never had a mammogram. I never...

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-Breast cancer survivor, Raquel Smith, now 40, on being diagnosed at age 27; birminghamtimes, Oct. 4.

“If you work hard, you’re diligent, you’re dedicated, you have a...

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-Dr. David Hicks, his first day as Jefferson County Health Officer, the first African American in the position.

“This is a victory for all Americans, particularly voters of color,...

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-Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, after U.S. Supreme Court again allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for...

“I had to go and kiss the rings in various neighborhoods....

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-Steven Hoyt, former Birmingham City Councilor on the waning influence of Neighborhood Associations, The Birmingham Times, Sept 28.

“I was in shock. Just totally confused because I was pretty...

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-Johnny Mims, the band director at Minor High School, after being Tasered by Birmingham Police after a high school football game; www.birminghamtimes.com.

“Why has it taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for...

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-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, birminghamtimes.com, Sept. 16.

“The major trauma for me was the beating he took here...

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-Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill, 80, daughter of the legendary Birmingham Civil Rights leader Fred L. Shuttlesworth at Phillips Academy, which renamed its auditorium in honor...

“We are still standing to tell God’s message of love and...

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-Rev. Arthur Price, pastor Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, The Birmingham Times, Sept. 14.

“We meet them where they are … we understand them as...

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-Dena Dickerson, program director of Offender Alumni Association, which helps previously incarcerated people reenter the world, on her work, The Birmingham Times, Sept. 7.

“This is an urgent situation. This is a crisis situation, and...

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-Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, during “Rally for Reading,” on getting third graders to read on par with their peers or being held back under...