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Arts and Culture A Friendly Homecoming for Activist Angela Davis

A Friendly Homecoming for Activist Angela Davis

Civil rights activist and Birmingham native Angela Davis spoke at Birmingham's Boutwell Auditorium Saturday evening. The talk came after a controversy over an award from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.


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Arts and Culture Gaelynn Lea: Advocating for Disability Rights Through Music

Gaelynn Lea: Advocating for Disability Rights Through Music

Gaelynn Lea is a classically trained violinist who was born with brittle bone disease, a genetic disorder that results in very fragile bones. She shares more about her condition and how being a wheelchair user hasn’t stopped her from performing.


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Arts and Culture Jamie N Commons Makes Tour Stop in Birmingham

Jamie N Commons Makes Tour Stop in Birmingham

Singer-songwriter Jamie N Commons kicks off a tour of the South this weekend with headliner Jacob Banks. Commons is known for his creative blend of rock and soul. He talks about his influences and his upcoming performance in Birmingham.


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Arts and Culture ASO Director Reacts to Political Crisis in Venezuela

ASO Director Reacts to Political Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela’s political crisis is at a boiling point. There are food shortages, and dozens have died in recent violent protests. Carlos Izcaray, music director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, has seen Venezuela’s downward spiral firsthand and shares his experience.


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Arts and Culture Civil Rights Institute Reverses Decision on Angela Davis Award Again

Civil Rights Institute Reverses Decision on Angela Davis Award Again

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will award Birmingham native Angela Davis its 2018 Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award -- again. Friday's reversal is the latest development in a public controversy that has embroiled the institute for the last month.


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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Civil Rights Institute Grapples With Fallout From Davis Decision

Civil Rights Institute Grapples With Fallout From Davis Decision

A few weeks from now, political activist Angela Davis is expected to speak in Birmingham. This despite that earlier this month, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rescinded an award it initially planned to give to Davis. The decision roiled the city, sowed divisions, and led to the resignation of three board members.


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Arts and Culture Organist Hired by MLK Still Plays at Historic Church

Organist Hired by MLK Still Plays at Historic Church

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church from 1954-1960. King hired an organist named Althea Thomas. More than 60 years later, Thomas still plays at the historic church.


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Arts and Culture A Fresh Look at the Man Considered Alabama’s First Historian

A Fresh Look at the Man Considered Alabama’s First Historian

In 1851, Albert Pickett published what would become the definitive history of Alabama's early years. That history has had an update of sorts with a new annotated edition.


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Angela Davis, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Alternative  Events Planned To Recognize Birmingham Native Angela Davis

Alternative Events Planned To Recognize Birmingham Native Angela Davis

More developments came today in response to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute's decision to cancel an award presentation for scholar and activist Angela Davis. The top three leaders on the Institute’s board resigned and another group announced alternative events to honor the Birmingham native.


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Arts and Culture Birmingham Poet Gives Voice to Enslaved Women

Birmingham Poet Gives Voice to Enslaved Women

Dr. James Marion Sims, the man known as the father of modern gynecology, spent years performing surgery on women who experienced complications tied to difficult childbirth. This was in the 19th century at his makeshift hospital in Mt. Meigs, just outside of Montgomery. Sims, who is white, performed this experimental surgery on black enslaved women – without anesthesia. Birmingham author Kwoya Fagin Maples recently published a collection of poems meant to give voice to these forgotten women.


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