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NABJ honors Hall of Fame inductees
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Looking back over Dorothy Tucker’s NABJ presidency
By Sydney Ross After four years, Dorothy Tucker’s presidency of the National Association of Black Journalists comes to an end. Taking office in 2019, she is only the second person to ever hold the position […]
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Q&A: Sheila Brooks talks legacy, impact on NABJ
By Sydney Ross Sheila Brooks, founder and CEO of SRB Communications, a boutique agency, has more than 300 awards, and today she will add one more to her shelf: National Association of Black Journalists Hall […]
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10 Million Names project help NABJ participants discover family history: Ancestry Project Seeks to Recover Information for Descendants of Slaves
NABJ’s opening ceremony wrapped up with the announcement of the 10 Million Names project, an initiative to recover family history for descendants of American slaves. Ryan Woods, who’s the American Ancestors’ chief operating officer and […]
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RISING COMMUNITY: Latino growth in Birmingham area offsets local population loss
By Kathryn Styer Martinez Estela Garcia, 58, loves to eat bread, so much so that she started baking telera, a Mexican bread, in 2005 in her home. She started selling breads and pastries out of […]
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Without workplace protections Black Women in Alabama choose hairstyles carefully
By Miya Tene NABJ Monitor Across the nation 22 states have passed the Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act, but Alabama is not one of them. The legislation prohibits […]
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Six Sites Capture Birmingham’s Spirit
By Christiana Norris Just 20 minutes from the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex is the cradle of civil rights in Birmingham, one of the key battlegrounds for desegregation in 1963. Six important sites are steps from […]
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Ready for some healthy food? Here are 7 nearby choices
By Cassandra Dumay This year’s convention destination, the Sheraton and Westin Birmingham Hotel, is close to an exciting downtown food scene. Here are some healthy food locations that are around a five-minute drive from the […]
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Black-owned Art Gallery a Symbol of Representation
BY Eleazar Yisrael NABJ Monitor Born and raised in Birmingham, Willie Williams Jr. represents the resilience Black art and Black people have endured in the South. “In the art world, for the most part, black […]
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Birmingham conference offers Civil Rights history, affordability, central location in South
By Christina Norris NABJ Monitor When the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists President Carla Wade relocated to Birmingham from Las Vegas in 2020, she didn’t realize that NABJ had chosen Birmingham as the convention site […]