Tag: black history
Andrea Taylor, president and CEO, on Institute’s Role in Increasingly Complex...
By Anita Debro
For the Birmingham Times
It’s been two years since Andrea Taylor joined the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) as president and CEO. During...
‘Community Conversations’ Continue this week at The Ballard House
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
The Ballard House Project will continue its “GATHER for Community Conversations” this week with a forum on Hip Hop and...
In New Book ,‘Fifth Little Girl’ Describes First Hand Account of...
By Sarah Collins Rudolph
This is the opening chapter of “The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (The Sarah...
Talladega College: After heated decision to attend inauguration, Alabama’s Oldest HBCU...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Looking at the front of Fanning Refectory, which houses the student and faculty dining rooms on the campus of Talladega...
Area Students Complete BCRI program detailing city’s role in US history
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Twenty students from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Legacy Youth Leadership Program (LYLP) graduated Sunday as docents and interns. The...
First black chief pilot at major U.S. airline retires
By David Koenig
Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Nobody at Southwest told Louis Freeman he would be the first black pilot in the airline’s history when...
99-year-old Negro League player, among oldest living, attends baseball reunion in...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Dozens of Negro League baseball players gathered in Birmingham for their annual reunion recently. Among them was 99-year-old...
Jackie Robinson Day celebrated by Negro Southern League Museum, Barons
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Brad and Tameka Sanders already had a baseball-filled day Saturday. The McCalla couple had been on hand as...
Alabama’s Prince Hall Masons have rich history in self-improvement, social responsibility
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
A refurbished the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons (F & AM) of Alabama, Temple Building...
Historic Rickwood Field closes for emergency repairs
Special to The Times
Historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, the country's oldest ballpark, has been closed for repairs, the city announced late Friday.
Engineers have declared...