Thursday, the community celebrated 33 years of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and honored former US Attorney General ...

Proposed moves by President Donald Trump’s administration to sell federal assets and cut National Park Service staff raise questions locally about the future of a centerpiece civil rights landmark in ...

A claim making the rounds online in November 2025 purported that fire hoses mysteriously turned off or ran dry during the ...

Real cities with big attractions keep those attractions open on Sundays, when many families are off from work and school and ...

Plan a visit to Alabama's center and find a welcoming town filled with vintage trains, top-rated wineries, and authentic Southern experiences.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Two members of Alabama’s congressional delegation are working to protect Civil Rights landmarks. This comes after the Trump Administration put the Montgomery Greyhound Bus ...

Former U.S. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategic approach to the civil rights movement. Young recounts King sending him to Birmingham, Alabama a ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy asked Congress Thursday for a series of new laws to protect Negroes from "the cruel disease of discrimination" in voting, schooling, and other walks ...

Bishop Calvin Woods Sr., distinguished Birmingham civil rights leader and longtime pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Norwood, died Saturday. He was 91. Woods was one of the city’s leading voices for ...

The National Park Service has awarded over $3.1 million in grants to six civil rights preservation projects in Alabama, the agency announced Thursday. The grants will go toward preservation in ...

In October 2024, Alabama enacted SB 129, a state law aiming to erode DEI initiatives in public institutions by banning programming and limiting in ominously vague terms what and how a vast range of ...

With all the natural components needed to make steel—iron ore, coal, and limestone—Birmingham experienced meteoric growth during the Industrial Age, earning it the name the Magic City. While steel ...