Tag: survivor
City of Birmingham Unveils Mural Celebrating Breast Cancer Fighters and Survivors
By Kesia Sharp-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
A mural was unveiled Tuesday in Birmingham City Hall to not only highlight the devastating effects of breast cancer, but...
Carol McKinstry, Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor, on the ‘Hurt And Grief’
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Carol Maull McKinstry, 15 years old in 1963, had been a member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church since the...
Birmingham-area Breast Cancer Awareness Month Events to Support
Compiled by Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Boobs & Bubbly Breast Cancer Awareness Event
Saturday, October 8, 3 p.m.– 5:30 p.m.
Hillcrest Manor Wedding and Event Venue
1730...
Cancer Survivor Sandra Calloway-Fields Is Undeterred and Undefeated
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
After 36 double-doses of radiation and reconstruction on her left and right breasts, Birmingham native Sandra Calloway-Fields can be described...
Javacia Harris Bowser Inspires In Newly Released Book of Essays
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
In 2020, while the world was grappling with a global pandemic and civil unrest, award-winning freelance journalist, Javacia Harris Bowser...
Meet Stephanie Brown: Advocate, Activist, Survivor
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Stephanie Brown has been through it all—domestic abuse, mental health issues, a brain injury. But none of those things have...
Gov. Kay Ivey Apologizes to Bombing Survivor of Sixteenth Street Church
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized to a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls, calling...
