The Children’s Crusade march in Birmingham, Ala. offered the world a firsthand look at the extreme bigotry and violent resistance the Civil Rights Movement faced. On May 2, 1963 a peaceful protest escalated into a brutal show of force from racists determined to snatch equal rights from the hands of young Black people. In 1963, […]

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Birmingham is a city that has always celebrated ties to the past and the reuniting of friends and family. Reunions were practically invented in the South.  Southerners hold in high regard their personal histories and connections, be they family, school or military.  It’s a sense of knowing who you are and where you came from.  […]

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GARDENDALE, Ala. (AP) — The Super Bowl safety that shocked football fans across the country scored about $70,000 in refunds for customers of a Birmingham-area jeweler. Jeff Dennis Jewelers ran a promotion over the past two weeks that promised all of his customers a cash refund on their purchases if a safety was scored in […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — Students camped out with teachers in school gyms or on buses and commuters abandoned cars along the highway to seek shelter in churches, fire stations — even grocery stores — after a rare snowstorm left thousands of unaccustomed Southerners frozen in their tracks. Tuesday’s storm deposited mere inches of snow, barely enough […]

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Birmingham airport reopened Sunday after a threat prompted an investigation by bomb technicians, flight diversions and a two-hour evacuation of hundreds of passengers. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport officials said in a Facebook post around 6:30 p.m. CST that the airport was secured and normal operations were resuming. Airport authority spokeswoman Toni […]

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A local FOX affiliate out of Birmingham, Alabama is reporting that two deaf men began arguing during a church service which lead to a stabbing. Church of the Reconciler‘s leader, Reverend Matt Lacey, told FOX-6, the two men fought by signing to one another, adding, that it escalated when one of the men picked up […]

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala. There were no homes in the immediate area of the crash, said Toni Herrera-Bast, a spokeswoman for Birmingham’s airport authority. The Airbus A300 plane crashed around 5 a.m. CDT on approach to the […]

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Larry Langford blamed everyone but himself when he stood outside the courthouse moments after he was convicted on federal corruption charges and ousted as Birmingham’s mayor. He said he’d been treated worse than Jeffrey Dahmer, the infamous mass murderer and cannibal. That remarkable exercise in free speech could cost Langford additional […]

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The 1963 class of Western-Olin Hugh School in Birmingham, Alabama had their prom cancelled due to their involvement in civil right protests. Well, over 50 years later the class was able to finally have their prom at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Al. Hundreds of seniors from the 1963 class showed up in their best […]

Thanks to Tom and “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” I have been blessed to travel the world, meet several U.S. presidents, an African president and a king – and see the best that this world, especially this country, has to offer. Now, the flip side of that is visiting New York City’s Ground Zero one […]