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46 Brave Birmingham whites risk their lives to protest cruelties imposed on blacks
Today’s guest columnist is T.K. Thorne. Our story begins in Birmingham, where a small group of Black and White people, the Council on Human Relations, had been meeting since the 1950s despite Jim Crow laws that forbid them to do so. They met in the Black First Congregational Church,...
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Is or isn’t he? A local pastor teases a possible run in Birmingham mayor’s race
Frank Woodson is coy about his political aspirations. But with a website showcasing a platform of change, a call for more action from city hall and a recent political radio appearance, Woodson has done everything short of officially announcing he’s running for mayor of Birmingham. “I’m hoping to show...
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‘I Told Her I Wanted to Get Married Quick, I Was Ready’
Met: In 1961 in Titusville. Deborah and David met as children around the age of seven when he was visiting his sister, Brenda, who lived with their aunt. Deborah lived next door and was good friends with Brenda. He had a crush on Deborah even then and it matured as they hit adolescence.
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Suspect indicted in Birmingham shooting caught on Clubhouse app that killed man, injured woman
A Fairfield man has been indicted in a deadly 2024 Birmingham shooting that followed a dispute on the social audio app Clubhouse. A Jefferson County grand jury issued the indictments against 32-year-old Roddregus Williams-Johnson on March 7. The indictments were made public this week. Williams-Johnson is charged with capital murder...
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27-year-old ID’d as man found fatally shot in Birmingham intersection
A man found shot to death on a Birmingham road has now been identified. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victim as Lemijamin Jarquis Watters. He was 27 and lived in Birmingham. Precinct officers were dispatched at 7 p.m. Saturday to a report of a person...
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Birmingham City Schools honors Teachers of the Year in surprise ceremonies
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Birmingham City Schools has announced its Teachers of the Year, honoring Andrea Burrell Bobbs of Sun Valley Elementary School and Aubrey Bennett of G.W. Carver High School as the Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year, respectively. Additionally, Beverly Brown of A.H. Parker High School was named Librarian of the Year.
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Birdie Mae Davis, civil rights pioneer in Alabama school desegregation, dies
Birdie Mae Davis’ name is synonymous with a decades-long legal fight to desegregate one of Alabama’s largest public school systems. Davis, later known as Birdie D. Manning, died Sunday at her home in Birmingham following an extended illness. She was 77. Davis was among one of the first...
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Multi-vehicle crash on Highway 79 leaves five injured, closes highway
A multi-vehicle accident on Highway 79 near Jeff State Parkway Tuesday morning resulted in five people being injured, with three requiring extrication from their vehicles, according to the Center Point Fire District. The wreck happened around 7:30 a.m., prompting a response from the Center Point Fire District, with mutual aid...