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Commemorative Events

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
A More Convenient Season: World Premiere of a New Work of Hope & Healing by Composer Yotam Haber
Evolution: Eric Essix Debuts Selections from His Musical Diary of Birmingham’s Progress
Rosalie Turner "Walk With Me"
BESA: Code of Honor Exhibition
Marching On: The Children's Movement at Fifty

News & Opinion

Healing the Hurt in Hurtsboro
The Postman's March
I Was Told I Couldn't Be a Feminist Because I'm Black
Hostess to the Civil Rights Movement
1963 Church Bombing Seeks Compensation
Diane McWhorter on Civil Rights 50th Anniversary
White People Problems
Pre-K: Politics and Poverty
Bloody Sunday: A Commemoration and a Challenge
Nashville Works to Balance School Improvement and Diversity
When and Why Schools Resegregate
John Archibald: Supreme Court Might Dismantle Parts of Voting Rights Act
Segregated Schools Fact of Life
Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Voting Rights Act
Tough Questions for the Voting Rights Act
"Segregation Academies": Past And Still Present
Clinton After Desegregation: A Small Southern Town’s Struggle With The Past
Interview: Dr. Robert Corley
Do We Still Need Black History Month?
MLK Unity Breakfast: Disunity?
Southern Schools Mix MLK and Robert E. Lee
Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil Rights Columnist Dies
Eden Rise

1963: 50 Years Later

Healing the Hurt in Hurtsboro

Hurtsboro, Alabama, is a typical Black Belt town. It's small and poor. The town's only medical clinic closed several years ago, meaning residents must travel at least 35 miles to either Opelika or Columbus, Ga., to see a doctor or fill a prescription. But, a Birmingham-based medical ministry hopes to help.

The Postman's March

All this year we’re marking the 50th anniversary of key moments from the civil rights movement. While many are familiar with the turmoil in Birmingham, Gadsden was relatively calm. That is until a white man named William Moore set out on a solo protest walk across the south. It ended with his murder in Etowah County, Alabama. WBHM’s Andrew Yeager has the story of the “Postman’s March,” a case still unresolved today.

I Was Told I Couldn't Be a Feminist Because I'm Black

I remember the first time I wrote and published a piece for a newspaper declaring myself a feminist. I received a message from a black man who couldn't believe that a black woman would dare associate herself with a movement that was spearheaded by "racist, wealthy white women."

Hostess to the Civil Rights Movement

The best remembered images of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama are of fire hoses and police dogs in Birmingham and officers attacking marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. But today we bring you the story of one woman working to preserve the behind- the-scenes role her house played in the movement's history.

1963 Church Bombing Seeks Compensation

The lone survivor of a 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls is seeking millions of dollars in compensation and says she will not accept a top congressional award to honor the victims.

Diane McWhorter on Civil Rights 50th Anniversary

Birmingham is now in month four of commemorating the Civil Rights events of 1963. Some people welcome the chance to remember. Others say it was 50 years ago, why open old wounds?

White People Problems

You may have heard someone say "Sounds like a white people problem." Or how about "That's so ghetto." Some people toss around these phrases without even thinking about them, but not WBHM Race and Diversity blogger Jasmine White.

Pre-K: Politics and Poverty

Most education experts believe quality preschool programs are essential to finding a long-term solution to the achievement gap, and will ultimately play a role in helping disadvantaged students escape poverty. But politics can sometimes get in the way.

Bloody Sunday: A Commemoration and a Challenge

An estimated 15,000 thousand people, including members of Congress and Vice President Joe Biden, marched across a bridge in Selma, Alabama, Sunday, to reenact what’s known as “Bloody Sunday.” In 1965, civil rights protesters attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery but were quickly met by police billy clubs and tear gas. Bloody Sunday galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act at that time. While the commemoration is an annual event, this year's comes just days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard a challenge to a portion of the law

Nashville Works to Balance School Improvement and Diversity

This week we’ve been visiting schools across the south where student populations have increasingly resegregated. In the final installment in our series, we go to Nashville, where public school officials are finding it a challenge to balance school improvement plans with a desire for racial diversity.

When and Why Schools Resegregate

Since the 1970's, federal court orders have governed how many Southern communities integrated their public schools. But new research shows, as those orders have been lifted, school districts are gradually resegregating. In part four of our series we look at why.

John Archibald: Supreme Court Might Dismantle Parts of Voting Rights Act

If the questions that came from U.S. Supreme Court justices yesterday are any indication, there’s a good chance Shelby County could prevail in its effort to challenge the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That’s just one of the stories grabbing local headlines this week.

Segregated Schools Fact of Life

New research shows southern schools are increasingly resegregating. In one town in Mississippi the black students attend one high school and the white students attend another. It was a conscious decision that's spurred a lot of debate about the concept of separate but equal.

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Voting Rights Act

Race is front and center at the U.S. Supreme Court today and so is Shelby County, Alabama. The county is suing the U.S. Justice Department, challenging a requirement that it get prior approval from the federal government to change voting laws or maps.

Tough Questions for the Voting Rights Act

Conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court asked tough questions Wednesday about the need for portions of the Voting Rights Act. The court is hearing a challenge to the law filed by Shelby County, Alabama. The Birmingham News' Kyle Whitmire talks about the case.