The New Hope Baptist Church Mass Choir of Birmingham was recently named the top choir in the nation at the Sound Awards in Dallas. “This choir is magnificent,” said the Rev. Gregory L.

Charity should do more than provide temporary relief-it should empower people toward freedom. The Summit is designed to g ...

Charles Brooks, a longtime Birmingham funeral director who handled services for young victims killed in two high-profile civil rights incidents in the city, died Saturday at UAB Hospital.

Journal Downtown Selma on March 6, 1965 was a typically busy Saturday, so shoppers didn’t pay much attention to a group of ...

Florence Antionette Fortson-Nash was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 7, 1954, to the late Jacob and Louise Fortson. Florence was raised in the Riverside Park Community and attended ...

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, issued a stay of execution for David Leonard Wood. Wood, 67, had been set to die Thursday over the killings of six girls and ...

Aretta “Rita” Grace McHenry, 81, of Weston, was called to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, March 24, 2025, while surrounded by her loving family in the comfort of her home. Rita was born ...