Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival in Birmingham Aug. 23-24
Birmingham, AL (July 22, 2014) - The two-day TASTE OF 4TH AVENUE JAZZ FESTIVAL returns to downtown Birmingham’s Historic 4th Avenue District Downtown on August 23rd-24th with its soulful sampling of local and national...
SCLC Hosts National Convention in Birmingham Aug. 10-13
The country's leading civil icons, institutional leaders and celebrities including actress Robin Givens, actor and activist Dick Gregory, Rev. Jesse Jackson, journalist George Curry, Dr. Bernice King, Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd, and other dignitaries from around the...
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...
Civil Rights Vets Honored at Freedom Summer’s 50th Anniversary in Mississippi
The Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Committee convenes the Freedom 50 Conference June 25-29 at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, to celebrate the civil and human rights accomplishments of brave activists who combated segregation...
Top Names Featured at ASBCC’s Entrepreneurs and Innovators Conference
What do a former U.S. Congressman, a designer for late South African President Nelson Mandela, a small business maven, a musical arranger for Stevie Wonder, Alabama's top business leader and a little black boy...
