Tag: recent stories
Tamara Harris Johnson: ‘Daughter of the Segregated South’ and Advocate for...
By Ebone’ Parks
The Birmingham Times
Tamara Harris Johnson considers herself a ‘daughter of the segregated South’ because of her family’s rich history and involvement during...
Children’s choir gets chance to shine during Gospel Music Workshop
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
The Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) conference in Birmingham has drawn thousands of visitors to the Magic City and...
UAB students given $525K to manage. Here’s how they’re doing.
By Jared Downing
Special to The Times
Most business schools want their finance students to gain real-world experience. Not many give them half a million to...
75 Years After the Tuskegee Airmen First Took Flight, Some Minority...
Special to The Times
TUSKEGEE – With statistics showing that less than 2 percent of all commercial and military pilots are African American, Legacy Flight...
Prosecutors drop all remaining charges in Freddie Gray case
By Juliet Linderman
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against the three Baltimore police officers who were still awaiting trial...
Clinton, Dems put gun control at center of convention stage
By Ken Thomas and Catherine Lucey
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- With mothers of police violence victims on the stage and anti-gun protesters in the streets,...
Mayors speak out on Donald Trump at DNC
Birmingham Mayor William Bell was among more than several dozen mayors in Philadelphia this week for the Democratic National Convention who countered claims by...
Real Justice Has No Statute of Limitations
By Hezekiah Jackson IV
The infamous day of Sept. 16, 1963 is marked indelibly in our minds and hearts as a day of sacrifice and...
Actress who played TV psychic Miss Cleo dies of cancer at...
By Terry Spencer
Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The actress who became famous playing the Jamaican psychic Miss Cleo, claiming to know callers' futures...
Willie Mays statue honors Don Logan, Birmingham Barons
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
A humble Don Logan was praised last week during a Regions Field ceremony unveiling a statue of Willie Mays that...
