Category : News

BPI announces $105,000 in Building an Inclusive Economy grants

The Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI) announces $105,000 in grants awarded through its Building an Inclusive Economy grants program. These awards bring BPI’s 2023 grantmaking total to $236,000. This grant cycle focused on building economic empowerm...

Lilian Mbabazi to appear on Tusker Malt Conversessions as it returns this Sunday

By Our Reporter Tusker Malt Conversessions returns this Sunday with the incredibly talented Lilian Mbabazi. This upcoming episode promises a deep dive into the multifaceted life of the renowned vocalist. It will be a ‘conversession’ filled with many...

Higher Ground

The exterior of The Madam C.J. Walker Museum at 54 Hilliard Street, NE in the Sweet Auburn District, Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice On a cold Tuesday afternoon, a group of 15 people walked up to the front window...

Higher Ground: Madam C.J. Walker Museum

‘Praise The Lord I’m Still Alive!’ – Choiseul Chopping Victim Speaks

The victim of a recent brutal cutlass attack in Choiseul that led to the fatal shooting of her partner by the police gave an exclusive interview on Wednesday to the HTS Evening News. Shot dead following the attack was Sylvester Modeste, alias ‘...

Ray G reveals that Eddy Kenzo reached out to him and Azawi and reconciled them

Ray G recently revealed that the reconciliation between him and Azawi was orchestrated by Eddy Kenzo, the President of the Uganda Musicians Federation. The disagreement between Ray G and Azawi initially arose over a performance order at an e...

This Week In Black History January 3-9, 2024

ALVIN AILEY January 3 1621—The first Black child is born in America. He was named William Tucker and he was born on a plantation in Jamestown, Va. His parents were Anthony and Isabella, who were among the first group of Black indentured servants...

A Gangster Guns Down A Little Boy In Harlem, 1931

The #1 source in the world for all things Harlem. On the fateful evening of July 28, 1931, the vibrant streets of Harlem’s Little Italy bore witness to a tragic event that would send shockwaves through the city. Five-year-old Michael Vengalli,...

Guest Editorial: a New Year brings new opportunities

We are embarking upon a New Year with New Possibilities. Every day that we live marks the beginning of our lives, literally! We create our collective and individual destinies one day at a time. There tends to be a collective “flavor” of each New Year...

Birmingham City Council Returns to Renovated Chambers to Start 2024

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times The Birmingham City Council and city leaders returned to a new home for the new year. The council held its first weekly Tuesday meeting January 2 on the third floor in City Hall in refurbished chambers...

Trey Chaney’s Ministry of Love and Fitness, After Prison Stint

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times What began as an idea while doing time in a federal prison has quickly turned into a growing number of fitness centers and a ministry for one Birmingham-area resident. Manuel “Trey” Chaney III is the owner of and se...

How Alaynna Pruitt Turned Her Vegan Baking Hobby into a Business

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times Have you ever heard of or tasted vegan cookies? Or how about a vegan cake or vegan cinnamon roll? Birmingham native Alaynna Pruitt, 27, creator and founder of Healthy Foodie Bakery, based in Birmingham,...

UAB Researcher: Healthy Ways For Seniors to Exercise Their Options

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times Thomas Buford, Ph.D., researcher with the UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, can’t be more direct: “There’s no intervention to my knowledge that has as many different and consi...

Alexis Kimbrough and the Heart of Birmingham’s Herban Soul Café

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times While driving home from work one evening in 2022, Alexis Kimbrough noticed an empty building downtown with a sign in the window that read, “For Lease or Sale, Café, Coffee Shop, or Bar”. She thought to herself, “we...

My Prayer for You in 2024

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson What will your New Year bring? We talk much about our wants from more friends, more success, better health, better jobs and increased wealth. And let me say, there’s nothing wrong with those. I’ll take any and all of those...