Arts Jul 30 Thousands honor Ozzy Osbourne as hearse passes through Birmingham, the home of metal By Hilary Fox, Pan Pylas, Associated Press
Nation Sep 23 Birmingham leaders offer reward money for information after mass shooting that killed 4 Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, are pleading with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more than a dozen others. By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Nation Sep 22 Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in Birmingham, Alabama nightlife district, police say The mass shooting, one of several this year in the city, unnerved residents and left city officials pleading for help to both solve the crime and address the broader problem of gun violence. By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Nation Jun 02 Confederate monuments targeted by protests come down Live video recorded overnight shows crews worked into the early morning hours dismantling the top portion of the obelisk in pieces. It comes about a day after protesters tried to remove the monument themselves during a protest over police brutality,… By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Education May 17 Watch 8:02 Children who marched for equal rights inspire a new generation Fifty-five years ago, thousands of African-American children walked out of their schools and began a peaceful march in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest segregation. They were met with attack dogs and water hoses. For a new generation of students, traveling to… By Lisa Stark, Education Week
Aug 17 Alabama attorney general sues Birmingham for partially covering Confederate monument By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement that the move violated a new law that prohibits local officials from removing historical structures, including Confederate monuments, that are more than 40 years old. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 8:11 Alabama lawyer seeks to remind school-based police that students are still children By PBS News Hour Last September, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the disciplinary practices used by the Birmingham Police Department toward high school students were unconstitutional. The police department’s appeal will be heard next month. Ebony Howard, the lawyer who filed the… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 50 Years Ago, Baptist Church Bombing Shakes Nation Remembering Civil Rights figures on the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham bombing. Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch New Exhibit Focuses on Civil Rights Movement Images Jeffrey Brown takes a look at a new exhibit exploring the Civil Rights movement through photographs, including some that have never been seen before, and finds the stories behind the powerful images. Continue watching
May 18 Watch Pulitzer-winning Book Examines Media and Civil Rights Movement Authors Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff discuss their Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Race Beat," which examines the role of journalists in alerting the country to the problems of segregation and the civil rights movement. Continue watching