Tag: racism
Dr. Benjamin Chavis: Reaffirming Solidarity Between Blacks and Jews in America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
I will not be silent on the issues of racial hatred, violence, and prejudice. I am speaking out publicly...
In Washington, Mayor Woodfin Calls Out GOP Rep. for Comparing Cannabis...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Testifying before a House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin called out a GOP Congressman who compared the...
University of Alabama to remove KKK leader’s name from hall
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
University of Alabama trustees voted Friday to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ available for all...
By Caroline Gazzara-McKenzie
University of Alabama
It was 1963 and Birmingham was going through a racial revolution. Demonstrations and peaceful protests against the city’s strict segregation...
Ramsay High grad sheds light on Alabama’s racial violence in new...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Memorial, a play written by Birmingham native Quinton Cockrell, will highlight the “racial violence in Alabama” with its debut at...
CDC Director: Racism in the US a “Serious Public Health Threat”
Bay News
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted minority communities across the country, and on Thursday the nation’s leading public health agency announced a series...
Mullen-Johnson: How to Cope with Race-Based Traumatic Stress
By Crystal Mullen-Johnson
Since being elected President, Joe Biden has reminded us that “he seeks not to divide but to reunify” which is significant progress...
Councilor Wardine Alexander’s fellowship to address racial inequalities in her district
By Cody Owens
birminghamal.gov
“This is a huge opportunity, not for me personally, but for this community to see real transformative change,” Birmingham City Councilor Wardine...
YMBC Birmingham Civic Group Takes Historic Stand Against Racism
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Martha Cook, a Jefferson County district court judge, knew it was time to speak just as Charles “Chuck” Morgan Jr.,...
First Week of School Didn’t Go as Planned for This Family
By Jaclyn Peiser
Washington Post
Dani Elliott was at work last month when her 12-year-old son’s vice principal called with alarming news: A police officer was...
