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By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Black History. Baseball. Business. For Raymond Laseter all three of his loves were on display last week at the Negro Southern League Museum in downtown Birmingham. Voltron Printing, a business owned by Raymond and his brother Kwamell introduced Legacy Threads, a collection that pays tribute to the Southern […]

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times What better partner and place to debut a collection of vintage baseball jerseys during Black History Month than a museum dedicated to Black baseball. That’s where brothers Raymond and Kwamell Laseter were last week to introduce Legacy Threads, a collection that pays tribute to the Negro Southern League […]

By Joseph D. Bryant | jbryant@al.com The Birmingham Water Works Board has selected a new general manager, and it is a figure well-known to the agency. Mac Underwood, a former longtime general manager who abruptly left his role more than six years ago, was rehired for his old job this afternoon. Officials at the Water […]

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com This is another installment in AL.com’s series “Beyond the Violence,” which explores solutions that could make Birmingham safer, healthier and happier. It has been four years since Sheree Kennon’s son was shot and killed. She is “turning her pain into a purpose,” she says, by helping other mothers. Kennon founded What […]