Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

How Coach Jeff Byrd Transforms Birmingham Students Through Chess

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times Jeff Byrd knew early that chess could have an impact on his life, and now he’s sharing that passion with students across Birmingham. “I always played board games and stuff like that,” he said. “I always had a good r...

Keys to Life Inside Lawrence Carpenter’s West End Barber Shop/Chess Gym

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times Chess isn’t something that Lawrence Carpenter just plays—he lives the game and delights in teaching it to others, especially young adults. Not only is he a barber and owner of U R Nex Barbershop in Birm...

Birmingham Celebrates ‘Guaranteed Income’ Program for Single Mothers

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times When Birmingham’s Korlesha Holt applied for the city’s Embrace Mothers Guaranteed Income Pilot program last year she was disabled, didn’t work and never expected to be one of the single moms to be selected for the p...

Beverly Clark Introduces Youth to the Lost Art of Crochet

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times Beverly Clark remembers “minding her own business,” crocheting a hat-and-scarf set while helping her daughter at a pop-up event, and a customer came by and bought one of Clark’s crocheted crafts. Little did she know...

3 Finalists Picked to Lead City’s ‘Home for All’ Program for the Unhoused

www.birminghamal.gov The City of Birmingham has named three finalists in the search for facilitators for the Home For All safe sleep pilot program for its chronically unhoused residents. After a nationwide call for proposals, AIDS Alabama, Faith Cha...

Symposium on Environmental Justice Held at Miles College

miles.edu Miles College, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Region 4, recently hosted a symposium on “Environmental Justice Conversation.”...

‘Tis the Season for Food, Family and Fake Holiday Text Messages

By Samuetta Hill Drew Usually with the onset of the Christmas holidays I would write a safety series on holiday decorations and food preparation. Where these topics are important and have some real safety measures which should be practiced, there is...

People, Places and Things

GWEN DERU TODAY… **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Catch up on the news! **ALAN BERG in Birmingham, 4 p.m. at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge. **FILM – RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCE, 7 p.m. at the Sidewalk Film. **LEANNE MORGAN: JUST GETTIN...

“I feel grateful and thankful to have a home for my babies to spend Thanksgiving in. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. This is my first home… I wanted to make sure that my son has his own space …”

-Phylisha Thomas, who became a first-time homeowner in the City of Birmingham; www.birminghamtimes.com, Nov. 21.

“Find someone who makes you want to be a better person … don’t rush. Know what you want, know who you are, and shop for what fulfills you.”

-Doug Taylor, Had Me At Hello; www.birminghamtimes, Nov. 21.

NDG Book Review: ‘The Black Angels’ chronicles history and heroism

By Terri Schlichenmeyer No disrespect meant. You won’t tolerate it anyway, so that’s a good thing. As a human being, someone who walks and talks, forms ideas and creates concepts, you absolutely, righteously demand that others give you the respect yo...

Collin County Black Chamber of Commerce gears up for the 17th annual Sneaker Ball, names Rep. Bowers as keynote

On Saturday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. the Collin County Black Chamber of Commerce will present its 2023 year-end Sneaker Ball celebration at the Plano Event Center. Merging the elegance of a gala with the relaxed flair of sneakers, this event promises an eve...

Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit 2023 scores high marks for the automotive industry

By Lori Lee NDG Contributing Writer and Steven N. Larkin In Detroit in 1998, Rainbow PUSH launched its Automotive Project. The purpose today remains the same as over two decades ago: to work with automotive manufacturing companies to ensure African A...

Full Gospel Holy Temple Church continues legacy of service with drive-thru grocery giveaways

One day event in Dallas and Garland offers free groceries, open to all North Texas residents and counties In its fourth decade of providing food for the community, the Full Gospel Holy Temple Helping Hand Outreach announces the date of Dr. Shirley Mu...

Access remains the most serious barrier to cardiac rehabilitation

PHILADELPHIA (Newswise) – Noted experts in cardiovascular rehabilitation attending the Third Jim Pattison-Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Symposium (Banff, April 21-23, 2023) observed that although cardiac rehabilitation be...