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 ...

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 ...

Birmingham Public Library Executive Director Floyd Council has resigned, effective today, he said in a letter to Birmingham officials. “It has been my honor to lead as the first African American man ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Public Library is hosting a book talk-signing event with the city’s mayor, Randall Woodfin, on Jan. 24. Woodfin will be discussing “Son of Birmingham” with ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate Birmingham’s city library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died. The library and an obituary say Shelly Millender Jr. of ...

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 ...