Dear Visitor,
Tickets Available for BABJ Mountaintop Awards Tomorrow Night
As the Birmingham commemorates the 50th anniversary of its pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement, the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists is recognizing the news media’s equally important role in covering the Movement.
AWARDS CEREMONY
EVENT INFO: CNN’s Don Lemon, a former Birmingham anchor, is the featured speaker. Our honorees include Emory O. Jackson, crusading editor of the Birmingham World newspaper, Shelley Stewart, entrepreneur and radio personality and Jessie Lewis, Sr., publisher of The Birmingham Times. The three will receive special recognition for their heroics in covering events that affected the black community during a period when other media outlets did not.
PRICE: $75 per person, $1,000 per table*
Register online HERE
HALF-DAY CONFERENCE
EVENT INFO: The conference features Pulitzer Prize winning author Hank Klibanoff, whose book, “The Race Beat,” chronicles how the media covered the civil rights movement from Brown vs. the Board of Education to the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Also former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones will discuss the role the media played in bringing the 16th Street Baptist Church bombers to justice.
PRICE: Admission is free, but registration is required. An optional $10 box lunch will also be available.
*Proceeds go to the BABJ Scholarship Fund.
Register online HERE
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Deadline for Magic City Classic Guide Extended to October 1
The Businesses looking to benefit from the fans and tailgaters at this year's Magic City Classic have an extended opportunity to get into the 2013 Magic City Classic Weekend Event Guide.
The 2013 Classic Weekend Event Guide has been commissioned as the official pre-game and post-game guide for the 72st Annual Magic City Classic. This means even greater exposure for your business or event through the Classic's official outlets and sponsors, as well as our regular distribution locations.
You can download a pdf of the 2013 Classic Guide Media Kit from our website.
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50 Years Forward and Empowerment Week Events: A First Look
An afternoon at a lunch counter. A thousand arms linked at the elbows. A firing line of water hoses. A pack of German Shepherds. A letter from a Birmingham jail. A devastating explosion. A world that would never be the same.
The year was 1963, and as the world watched, events in Birmingham sparked an unstoppable movement toward equal rights for African Americans, citizens of all races and people around around the world. As Birmingham enters September 2013, the City of Birmingham will officially mark the 50th anniversary of pivotal events that took place on its streets in 1963 as a key battleground in the modern American Civil Rights Movement.
Since the beginning of 2013, the City of Birmingham has been filled with events, exhibits, and people from all over the country celebrating the Foot Soldiers of the Movement and looking 50 Years Forward to a better future. Citizens in the city, across the nation and around the world are invited to join in the 50th commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement’s most pivotal year, 1963, and walk in the footsteps of those brave souls who changed the world forever.
[See MORE at the 50YearsForward.com website]
There’s so much to experience in Birmingham during the 50th commemoration, and it’s not all rooted in the past. As we celebrate how far we’ve come, we encourage you to also enjoy the fruits of progress: from tours and attractions rich with history to world-class hotels and a nationally-recognized culinary scene.
MORE DETAILS
See more details about other related events at Birmingham365.org's Special Section on 50th Anniversary Events
If you have an event that is a part of 50 Years Forward Commemorations, you are encouraged to submit it to the community calendar at Birmingham365.org.
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