Voting Matters: Politics, the Mid-Term and the Next 50 Years
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, born out of the blood, sweat, tears and lives of thousands of Americans citizens who marched across Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge en...
Selma Jubilee Youth Summit Turns Up Issues Facing NextGen Leaders
An extraordinary group of nationally and internationally renowned next-generation leaders and veterans of the voting rights movement will convene for Selma50 to discuss the past and set a course to tackle modern-day civil rights...
A Requiem For Rev. Ronnie Williams: Poverty, Public Health and the Good Fight
Reading "Poverty and Public Health," a great article by colleague Mark Kelly in his Weld for Birmingham newspaper, was bittersweet for me.
It made me think of my friend Rev. Ronnie Williams. He should have...
Awards Ceremony Honors Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth’s Birthday
The Outcast Voters League and the Birmingham Metro Branch NAACP are hosting several events to celebrate the birthday and contributions of civil rights icon Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth March 18-22, including an awards ceremony with...
May 21 Forum Explores “Abject Failure” of New Cooper Green System
(Birmingham, AL May 17, 2013) – The leader of Jefferson County’s largest physicians group will speak at a community forum about why the new indigent healthcare system at Cooper Green is failing poor...
Ensley Community Hosts Candidates Forum June 6
The Ensley Community will host a forum 6 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the East Ensley Public Library for candidates running for the District 9 City Council seat.
Residents want to discuss their concerns...
New Fountain Heights Homes Signal Revitalization
With a pair of scissors, Tamanuel Eaton cut the red-ribbon tied across the front of her new bungalow in Fountain Heights, officially marking a new era of revitalization in the once-neglected neighborhood.
The act...
Sharpton’s Network Opens “Freedom Summer” Office In Birmingham
Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and his partners announce the grand opening of the new Freedom Summer National Headquarters in Birmingham to revive the spirit of Freedom Summer 1964 and voting rights, particularly...
Finally! Applebee’s Restaurant Opens in Five Points West
It's not typical to celebrate restaurant openings with cameras, speeches and neighborhood dignitaries. But the ribbon-cutting ceremony of an Applebee's restaurant in Five Points West isn't a typical opening. It's time to eat...
Preservationists Work to Save Rosenwald Schools and Saga
When Dorothy Walker found the building on Miles College’s campus in Birmingham, she turned to her intrepid co-explorer, giddy as a gold prospector.
Matching it with a picture from a Fisk University database, she...
