Miles College student Shelly Millender, standing in suit, is shown during an effort to desegregate the public library in Birmingham, Ala., on April 10, 1963. Millender, a Black Army veteran who helped ...

Alabama Library Association President James Gilbreath said his organization, a nonprofit which advocates for librarians, does ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Public Library is hosting a book talk-signing event with the city’s mayor, Randall Woodfin, on Jan. 24. Woodfin will be discussing “Son of Birmingham” with ...

Birmingham Public Library Executive Director Floyd Council has resigned, effective today, he said in a letter to Birmingham officials. “It has been my honor to lead as the first African American man ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WVTM) — The Birmingham Public Library is buzzing with more than the sound of turning pages. Local hip hop artists Shaheed and DJ Supreme are using music to transform the space into ...

In a presentation titled "The Road to Redistricting Reform" Wayne State University political science professor Kevin Deegan-Krause Ph.D. will provide an overview of what gerrymandering is, it's ...

On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. penned his epic “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” He had been arrested on the Good Friday before, while taking part in a peaceful civil-rights protest. King sent ...

Miles College student Shelly Millender, standing in suit, is shown during an effort to desegregate the public library in Birmingham, Ala., on April 10, 1963. (Birmingham News/Alabama Department of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city’s library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according to the library and an obituary ...