Tag: social justice
Dr. William Singleton’s Research on Black Journalists and Mental Health
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Black journalists face a unique set of challenges that include disruptions in the industry, objectivity when it comes to...
Dr. Wilson Fallin Jr.: The Building of a Birmingham-Area Teaching Icon
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Wilson Fallin Jr. grew up in a strict Christian household and during one conversation with his father vowed to never...
The Pivotal Meetings 60 Years Ago That Helped Desegregate Birmingham AL
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
This story is part of a series of articles, “Bending Toward Justice,” focusing on the 60th anniversary of events that...
Birmingham Freedom Fest Returns With Music, Panel Talks on July 23-24
www.freedomfestbhm.com
Birmingham Freedom Fest, a music and empowerment festival, is set to return this summer, Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24.
Due to the current...
BLM’s Patrisse Cullors to step down from movement foundation
Associated Press
A co-founder of Black Lives Matter announced Thursday that she is stepping down as executive director of the movement’s foundation. She decried what...
In Ahmaud Arbery’s Name, Georgia Repeals Citizen’s Arrest Law
By Emma Hurt
NPR
About a year after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery became national news, and nearly 15 months after he was shot while...
Naomi Osaka made sure Black lives mattered at the US Open
By Soraya Nadia McDonald
The Undefeated
Naomi Osaka made sure Black lives mattered as she pursued her third Grand Slam victory at the 2020 US Open.
Throughout...
Family, activists decry shooting death of Black man by L.A. County...
MSN News
Monday's shooting death of Dijon Kizzee, 29, has elicited fresh waves of outcry and outrage, as well as renewed calls for law enforcement...
17-year-old suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 2 at Jacob Blake...
MSN News
At least three people were shot during the protests overnight in Kenosha, some 40 miles south of Milwaukee, and two of the victims...
DeJuana Thompson: The Organizer
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
A closer look at a Birmingham-area activist:
DeJuana Thompson, Woke Vote
Thompson, 37, was in Kentucky last month to organize a protest...