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[...] Martin Luther King, Jr. began writing his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 50 years ago today. He wrote it [...]

[...] Fifty years ago today, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, the last one delivered on August 28, [...]

[...] for Birmingham newspaper, was bittersweet for me. It made me think of my friend Rev. Ronnie Williams. He should have been in it. At the time Mark was interviewing and writing his story, [...]

[...] Since George Zimmerman’s acquittal on all charges stemming from his fatal confrontation with unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin last year, Black American parents are holding [...]

[...] jury. Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced the foregone decision Monday night about the fatal confrontation between Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson and the young man he shot to death, Michael [...]

[...] Fifty years ago yesterday marked the beginning of what historians call “The Children’s Crusade,” when [...]

[...] Fifty years ago today, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, the last [...]

[...] someone in the media business to have. So when I came to Birmingham two decades ago, the Magic City Classic held, well, no magic for me.  Eventually, that changed. At first, I couldn’t […] [...]

[...] Nelson Mandela is buried, an exemplary life well-lived and rewarded with worldwide accolades that I have never seen or heard about in my life. When even Newt Gingrich bit back at his [...]

[...] Martin Luther King, Jr. began writing his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 50 years ago today. He wrote it as he sat in the city’s jail, arrested on Good Friday – [...]

Reading “Poverty and Public Health,” a great article by colleague Mark Kelly in his Weld for Birmingham newspaper, was bittersweet for me. It made [...]

[...] African American students took to Birmingham’s streets during the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign. The springtime campaign, dubbed “Project C” (“C” stood for “ [...]

Fifty years ago yesterday marked the beginning of what historians call “The Children’s Crusade,” when several thousand African American students [...]