Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is celebrating Juneteenth in a big way. The Iron City organization is ringing in the holiday with their Juneteenth: A Celebration of the Culture event on Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place along 16th Street between 3rd and 6th Avenue.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation's capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. The original march in 1963 drew as many as 250,000 people and helped till the ground for passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation in the next few years. Alabama came next.

The National Association of Black Journalists honored the Alabama Public Radio news team with a national “Salute to Excellence” award. The recognition, for First Place Radio Feature, was for APR’s eight-month investigation “No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama.” The honor was announced during the NABJ National convention in Birmingham.

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Magic City nearly $22 million to improve its ongoing urban trail project. Funding is part of DOT’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Grant Program.

An Alabama black church, associated with the state’s fight for civil rights, is part of a group of houses of worship to receive federal grant money for preservation

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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has rescinded its decision to honor political activist and scholar Angela Davis following unspecified…