New board chair Rosilyn Houston seeks to reboot "not just our edifice ... but the entire district." It's well overdue.

Maxine became the first African American to teach at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Health. the first woman on ...

A prominent African American church in Alabama that was deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement has been honored with an ...

an associate chancellor of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic Diocese at the time, who was critical of “nuns and priests in the civil rights activities in Alabama.” The letter, according to an ...

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presents the moving story of the city's role in the civil rights movement, focusing not just on the past, but also on the continuing international struggle ...

To learn more about Birmingham's role in the civil rights movement, plan a visit to the Civil Rights District. This six-block area in downtown Birmingham encompasses several historic sites ...

Angry crowds greeted the Freedom Riders in Alabama on May 14 ... lonely walk into a significant march for the civil rights movement. As others took up the "March Against Fear," organizers debated ...

Angela Davis (1944-) Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and educated in New ... and held office during the years when the civil rights movement achieved its first milestones.

It started with a portentous announcement from the Governor’s office two weeks ago as FBI agents probed deep into the bombing that killed four Negro girls at a Birmingham church (TIME, ...

The two candidates for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court after a lengthy ...

Remembering civil rights leaders who gave their lives to secure the right to vote without barriers. Remember them this ...