Birmingham’s Black Pride Ride Comes at an Important Time, Say Organizers

Times staff report The annual Black History Month Black Pride Ride in Birmingham on Saturday couldn’t have come at a better time, said organizers. Hosted by Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies in partnership with Black Lives Matter Birmingham Chapter, the Ride comes as challenges to Black History, Voting Rights, Civil Rights and Immigrant Rights are underway by the Trump Administration. “With what we’re dealing with every day, what has come before and this administration, if we don’t come together there’s going to be no salvage for us,” said Brenda Hong, founder of BBBB and one of the organizers. “Without unity, there is no community.” Eric Hall, co-founder of BLM Birmingham called the Pride Ride “a testament of the resilience of Black people, an affirmation of our identities, and more importantly it’s a declaration and proclamation to those who don’t value Black people that Black lives matter.” The ride began at McAlpine Park and Recreation in Ensley and made its way to Erskine Hawkins Park where several hundred gathered. Click to view slideshow. Hong said she was pleased to see more young people in attendance and part of the program. “[For] me to reach out to the young people and they responded...