Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Miles College student Shelly Millender, standing in suit, is shown during an effort to desegregate the public library in ...

The Birmingham Public Library is inviting families to participate in a free family festival on Saturday, May 9. “2026 Summer ...

In the years since Civil Rights history has become a significant part of Birmingham’s identity as it has in the state of Alabama as a whole. BIRMINGHAM, AL-The Birmingham Public Library Annual Report ...

Today marks the last day of work for 158 Birmingham Public Library employees who have been put on furlough, and it also marks the last day to find homes for the animals who lived at the library ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WVTM) — The Birmingham Public Library is buzzing with more than the sound of turning pages. Local hip hop artists Shaheed and DJ Supreme are using music to transform the space into ...

To be clear, birds matter, but so do carbon footprints and costs. The Baldwin Library will not be changing its glass windows to save birds, nor to match an ordinance to which retailers must follow. In ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city’s library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according to the library and an obituary ...