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By Nicole S. Daniel The Birmingham Times Birmingham Urban League (BUL) will host its first National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Saturday June 3 from 12-2 at Kelly Ingram Park. The event will take place under the pavilion in the park and feature community leaders, organizations such as Summit Media, City Action Partners(CAP), Moms Demand […]

dcwins.com Birmingham Promise, who provides up to four years of tuition assistance for graduates of Birmingham City Schools who attend public colleges and universities in Alabama, this year received a record number of college scholarship applications from students, with 524 graduating seniors accepted for the program. Last year, 340 graduating seniors applied and were accepted […]

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Sheriff Mark Pettway’s community basketball tour will kick off this month to help young adults with conflict resolution and offer safe activities, he said. The tour is in partnership with HoopFest 3-on-3 and will take place at six different venues across Jefferson County, beginning June 24 at Trussville High […]

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com When Baltimore native Justin Shaw opened Shaw’s Covenant, a custom suit business in 2017, he had limited experience in the men’s suit market. […]
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By Martha Dawson Public health officials have spent the past two years urging people to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, but despite free and available vaccines, many have yet […]
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By the Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Institute College of Art Roughly 25 years ago, the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) inaugural Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) organized a […]
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By AFRO Staff South Carolina residents and elected officials alike are outraged by the murder of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, shot dead by Rick Chow, 58, who suspected the teen of […]
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By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black As the Supreme Court term draws to a close, the nation stands on the precipice of radical change. Any day now, the court will […]
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By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Writer Most actors who choose a life on the stage only dream of performing on Broadway. That is not the case with Dayna Marie Quincy, […]
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By Trisha Ahmed, Associated Press Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since […]
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By Liz Szabo, Word in Black Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than White people. Now a new study, published in the Journal […]
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After a wild weekend of NCAA Super Regionals, the Pac-12 Conference will have three of the eight teams in this year’s Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City this week.

UCLA Super pitcher Megan Faraimo, who was selected second overall in the 2023 Athletes Unlimited Softball Draft, has signed to compete in the 2023 AUX and Championship Softball seasons.

A deep lineup was not necessarily the Dodgers’ strong suit when the month of May began. Will Smith and J.D. Martinez had spent much of April battling injuries.

The Birmingham Times Each spring Birmingham becomes the center to one of the Southeast’s largest displays of paintings, sculptures, photography, jewelry and decorative arts. Dozens of artists showcase their works at the annual Magic City Art Connection (MCAC), which along with Memorial Day, is a clear sign that summer is near. In addition to the […]

birminghamal.gov The Office of the City Attorney for the City of Birmingham has filed a lawsuit against the owners of East Thomas Apartments to have the property declared a public nuisance. The long-vacant multi-unit apartment complex has been the scene of many calls related to arson, violent crimes, illegal drug sales, overdoses and theft. “When […]

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Following the $1.9 million sale of property to an Atlanta, Georgia-based developer, the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday paved the way for an “A.G. Gaston Center for Entrepreneurship” as part of a larger mixed-use development on land in downtown. The property, located at 2320 and 2312 Reverend Abraham Woods […]

By Nicole S. Daniel The Birmingham Times As the chief social impact officer, YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Terri Harvill, began preparation for her career long before she even knew. She served as a summer day camp counselor at the original YMCA facility on 4th Avenue which was built specifically for African Americans and by community […]

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson I recently received the kindest compliment. They told me that they observed that I continue to move forward when things don’t go my way or in the event of a disagreement. It’s an acquired skill that I’ll call for purposes of this column keeping cool in the midst of chaos. At first I […]

By Samuetta Hill Drew Well, this travel safety series has prepared you with several important travel “how to” articles. We have reviewed how to plan for basic travel safety, how to safeguard your home, how to use technology while vacationing and how to make sure you are packing the right items for a safe travel. […]

Bob Sillick | for Editor & Publisher Collaboration among news media outlets is not new, but The Exchange is a new collaborative effort that aims to create business and financial content for […]
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By AFRO Staff Healing prayers are being requested for Bishop Michael Curry who became ill in Raleigh, North Carolina over the Memorial Day weekend. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal […]
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Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the DISTRICT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered against Published by Speakin’ Out News on Wednesdays, May 31, 2023, June 7, 2023, […]

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Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the DISTRICT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered against Published by Speakin’ Out News on Wednesdays, May 31, 2023, June 7, 2023, […]

Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the DISTRICT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered against Published by Speakin’ Out News on Wednesdays, May 31, 2023, June 7, 2023, […]

Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the DISTRICT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered against Published by Speakin’ Out News on Wednesdays, May 31, 2023, June 7, 2023, […]

Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the CIRCUIT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered Published by Speakin’ Out News on Wednesdays, May 31, 2023, June 7, 2023, & […]

The public welfare requiring it, and under authority granted by Section 11-52-78 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows:

The public welfare requiring it, and under authority granted by Section 11-52-78 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows:

The public welfare requiring it, and under authority granted by Section 11-52-78 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows: