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For those who disapprove of his tactics, who prefer mercy for the marginalized and who wish to fight back but don’t know how, ...
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as Charlie James Dunn. He was 27 and lived in Bessemer.
A 27-year-old man died days after reportedly attempting to harm himself in his cell at the Jefferson County Jail in Bessemer.
Sixty-two years ago this week, Birmingham’s children answered the call. Between May 2–10, 1963, thousands of Black youth, ...
It’s been nearly a week since murder suspect Eddie Jordan Jr. escaped from UAB Hospital just hours after being captured by US ...
Faculty affiliated with the Ohio Education Association at Youngstown State University are leading a referendum campaign to ...
This is an opinion column. I was a baby in a booming news business in 1990, when an editorial team at my newspaper – Ron Casey, Harold Jackson and Joey Kennedy, wrote a sweeping indictment of ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Birmingham manager Chris Davies rued their missed chances after the Sky Bet League One champions’ frustrating 0-0 draw with Crawley at St ...
Bin strike campaigners in Birmingham are urging the city to 'break from Labour' and 'build a real workers party'. Activists for Unite, the union behind the bin strikes, have called for colleagues ...
On April 16, 1963, MLK wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI ...
In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation. It was published May 19, 1963. In 1972, Apollo 16 blasted off ...