The City of Birmingham is inviting public input on the Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads project, a planned 3.16-mile urban trail network that reconnects the historic Graymont and Smithfield ...

At 93, the former U.N. ambassador and civil rights icon looks back on the unglamorous but essential labor that helped ...

Related stories Related sites The civil rights struggle in modern times. 1954 -- U.S. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional in Brown ...

"Second volume of oral histories produced by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Oral History Project (BCRI OHP)"--Pref.

This is an opinion column. Historic 16th Street Baptist Church did not wait. It never did. Not in its infancy — founded 152 years ago in the belly of segregation. It didn’t wait to become the ...

Birmingham is a city rich with culture, civil rights history, amazing food, and unexpected charm. Whether you’re here for a weekend getaway, a family road trip, or just passing through, Birmingham ...

Introduction -- Timeline -- Too great a burden to bear -- Highway in and halfway out -- The strong one -- The bomb heard 'round the world -- Life is but a vapor -- Four little coffins -- The aftermath ...

This Saturday, October 18, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) will host Bound Together: Day of Community—a public gathering honoring the lives ...

With all the natural components needed to make steel—iron ore, coal, and limestone—Birmingham experienced meteoric growth during the Industrial Age, earning it the name the Magic City. While steel ...

Bishop Calvin Woods Sr., distinguished Birmingham civil rights leader and longtime pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Norwood, died Saturday. He was 91. Woods was one of the city’s leading voices for ...