National Book Award-winning author of South to America, as well as eight other books of nonfiction. She is the Henry A. Morss ...

Anna Rita Scott and Ayo Scott: 6:30 p.m., Cita Dennis Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., Algiers. The author, Scott's widow, and son who illustrated the cover, discuss the book "Passing It On: The Art ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...

How a Color Tells the Story of My People, published by Harper Collins this month. Below, she discusses Black excellence and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has multiple events planned leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. On Saturday, the BCRI team is inviting those interested to ...

You know we had to celebrate the mirror-mesmerizing ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated who’ve spent the last 117 years exemplifying excellence while providing “service to all mankind” ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin delivered his State of the City Address Tuesday at the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham. To watch the whole address, click the video player above.

No evidence of foul play is suspected. In both 1983 and 2002, Wilson listed a Perry Oliver of Robinwood as an emergency contact, but efforts to reach Robinwood have failed. Warnie Booth, 78, of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A 20-year-old killed in a Birmingham shooting was identified Tuesday morning. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said Nehemiah Williams Wren was shot during a reported ...

Author Imani Perry will take part in the Arts and Letters Live program at the Dallas Museum of Art on Feb. 2. A professor at Harvard University, she was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2023.( ...

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation after a man was shot and killed during a robbery Sunday morning. Video showing celebratory New Year’s ...

Thank you, everyone, for coming to our first/final book-club meeting. Apologies for how long it’s taken us to settle on a date, but in between work, kids, and the pretense of joining adult ...