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2 weeks ago | 
birminghamtimes.com | Barnett Wright |Sym Posey
By Barnett Wright and Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesLeaving the Super Target in Hoover, Alabama, recently, Kevin Jackson was unapologetic. Yes, he was aware of calls to boycott the retailer after it rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Yes, he was concerned about the other corporations eliminating DEI programs. But that wasn’t enough to stop him from shopping there. “Black people still work there.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesWhen Ramsay IB High School senior Laila Miller was given the chance to illustrate for a children’s book, she did not hesitate. Art has always been a part of her life. Miller, 18, lent her artistic talents to the children’s book Strong Enough? written by another Birmingham resident, Ashlé Colston, which was released last year by Evolve Publishing. Colston said she came up with the idea for Strong Enough? when she gave birth to her daughter Ahlani in 2020.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesOn Monday, Birmingham held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast at the downtown Sheraton with hundreds of state, local, civic and neighborhoods leaders, as well students and area residents, in reflection and celebration.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey |Barnett Wright
By Sym Posey and Barnett Wright | The Birmingham TimesBirmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin spent the better part of Tuesday delivering his State of the City address in the afternoon to business leaders at the Harbert Center in downtown and in the evening his State of the Community to residents at the Boutwell Auditorium.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesWhen Samuel L. Perry Sr. took a housekeeping job at Southern Research in Birmingham as a 21-year-old, he never imagined he’d spend his entire career there. That was 50 years ago. “I had no idea that I would stay around here this long,” he said during an Employee Milestone Celebration at the City Club in downtown Birmingham. “Years just passed and passed, … and I liked doing the job.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
postnewsgroup.com | Sym Posey
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMediaThe Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s emergency request to block criminal proceedings in his New York hush money case, ensuring that a sentencing hearing will proceed as scheduled on Friday. The decision makes it official that, on January 20, for the first time in its history, the United States will inaugurate a convicted felon as its president.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
blackpressusa.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesWhen Maria Galindo learned about Lane Harper's turkey giveaway in Fultondale, Alabama, she didn't waste any time getting to the location. The event was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.-and Galindo showed up at 7 a.m."It's a blessing," Galindo said of the giveaway. "Times are hard right now and money is tight.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesWhen Maria Galindo learned about Lane Harper’s turkey giveaway last week in Fultondale, Alabama, she didn’t waste any time getting to the location. The event was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.—and Galindo showed up at 7 a.m.“It’s a blessing,” Galindo said of the giveaway. “Times are hard right now and money is tight.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesWhen Hurt Coleman is described as one of Birmingham’s most influential wrappers, there needs to be some context. It’s not “rapper,” as in hip-hop, but “wrapper,” as in the owner of a widely successful business that creates custom vinyl print wraps for almost anything— vehicles, buildings, even caskets.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
birminghamtimes.com | Sym Posey
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesDarwanette Levingston, a third-grade teacher at Oxmoor Valley Elementary School, knows why the school’s grade increased from a C to a B on the most recent Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) annual report card. “It was hard work, but the first thing we had, we had a vision, then we set goals. We tried to set obtainable goals, and we bought into those goals,” said Levingston, during a press conference on Tuesday.
