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- 16:20, 22 March 2024 Lynda Cardwell (hist | edit) [1,665 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Lynda Lee Cardwell''' (born c. 1961; died March 14, 2024) was a television news personality and communications professional. Lynda was one of two children born to Kelly N. and Sherry Cardwell. She graduated from Hokes Bluff High School in Etowah County in 1979 and completed a bachelor's degree in journalism at the University of Alabama in 1983. She started her television career at WJSU-TV in Anniston. Cardwell came to Birmin...")
- 14:30, 22 March 2024 Memory Lane (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [329 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Memory Lane''' can refer to any of the following: * Memory Lane, a street in Mountain Brook * Memory Lane (shoes), a new/used sneaker and vintage clothing boutique on 1st Avenue North * Memory Lane (University Mall), a shop at Tuscaloosa's University Mall {{disambig}}")
- 17:48, 21 March 2024 Dotson McGinnis Nelson Junior Lectureship in Religion and Life (hist | edit) [1,119 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Dotson McGinnis Nelson Junior Lectureship in Religion and Life''' was establihsed in 1984 by Martha Holley and Howard Lamar Holley to honor Dotson Nelson, pastor of Mountain Brook Baptist Church from 1961 to 1981 and help Samford University students grow in their intellectual and spiritual understanding of Christianity and its application to society. The lectures are held in Reid Chapel. ==Lecturers== * Timothy O’Connor * Rod...")
- 17:30, 21 March 2024 Joseph Gelders (hist | edit) [7,192 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Joseph Sidney Gelders''' (born November 20, 1898 in Birmingham; died March 1, 1950 in San Francisco, California) was a physicist and civil rights activist. He co-founded the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and the National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax. He narrowly survived a brutal abduction and beating in Birmingham in 1936. Joseph was the son of Louis Gelders, owner of Gelders' Restaurant and part-owner of Parisi...")
- 15:35, 21 March 2024 I Am Greatness (hist | edit) [487 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''I Am Greatness''' is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 by Jamareé Collins with the support of friends and family members. It was incorporated in 2015, and provides confidence-boosting activities, educational programs and mentorship to children. {{stub}} ==References== * Bookman, Alaina (March 17, 2024) "I Am Greatness provides mentorship, safety to curb Birmingham violence." {{AL}} Category:Nonprofits Category:2012 establishments")
- 15:13, 21 March 2024 2025 (hist | edit) [1,600 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with " '''2025''' is the 154th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham. ==Events== * ===Business=== * ====Establishments==== * ====Disestablishments==== * ===Education=== * The CHOOSE Act was implemented. ===Government=== * 2025 Birmingham municipal election ===Religion=== * ===Sports=== * March: NCAA college basketball tournaments#2025 Women's Southeast regional Semifinals and finals|2025 Women's Southeast regional Semifi...")
- 14:56, 21 March 2024 UAB Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital (hist | edit) [1,360 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''UAB Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital''' is an 11-story, 346,000 square foot medical building constructed between 2022 and 2025 at 1700–1720 7th Avenue South, between Children's Hospital's Lowder Building and the Sparks Center on Block 185 in the UAB Medical Center. The $128 million facility was designed by Gresham Smith and built by Hoar Construction. It replaced the older Spain Rehabilitation Center as the home of [...")
- 17:36, 20 March 2024 Act of Alabama 2024-34 (hist | edit) [10,146 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Act of Alabama 2024-34''' is an Alabama law, passed during the 2024 legislative session, which prohibits "certain public entities" from operating "diversity, equity and inclusion" programs or promoting "divisive concepts", and requires public colleges to designate restrooms "on the basis biological sex". The bill was created in the context of similar pieces of state legislation having been enacted in Florida, North Dakota, South...")
- 12:10, 20 March 2024 Christopher Fennell (hist | edit) [1,450 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Christopher Fennell''' (born c. 1967 in Florida) is a sculptor, known for his large-scale outdoor works usually fabricated from recycled materials. Fennell earned his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida in 1989 and worked at Motorola and Reflectone as a robotics and flight simulation engineer. He completed a bachelor of arts in sculpture at South Florida in 1993 and a master of fine arts at the University of Ge...")
- 09:10, 20 March 2024 First Light (hist | edit) [2,494 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''First Light Shelter''' is an emergency shelter for unhoused women located in the former Granada Hotel at 2230 22nd Street North. In addition to shelter services, the organization carries out programs aimed at helping individuals secure housing and generally reducing homelessness in Birmingham. The shelter program began in 1983 as a volunteer ministry of First Presbyterian Church and was originally located in the church basement. It was incorporate...")
- 19:35, 19 March 2024 Flora Johnston Nature Park (hist | edit) [4,848 bytes] Robert Matthews (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Flora Johnston Nature Park''' is located at 309 Elder Street in Irondale. On March 19, 2024, a proposed new section of trail along Shades Creek in Birmingham will link existing trail portions along the creek from Irondale into Mountain Brook. The Birmingham City Council approved a plan to consult with Freshwater Land Trust for project management of a new Shades Creek Greenway trail in Birmingham. The trail will link the Irondale Fu...")
- 17:56, 19 March 2024 John Slaughter (hist | edit) [563 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John L. Slaughter''' was pastor of First Baptist Church in Birmingham from 1928 to 1952. He saw the congreation through the depression and to the retirement of its debt after World War II. His daughter Jane Laroque Slaughter Hardenbergh taught organ at Howard College. In 2011, the restored and expanded organ in Reid Chapel was named in her memory. {{stub}} ==References== * "[https://www.fbcbirmingham.org/our-story/A Short History]," Firs...")
- 13:42, 18 March 2024 List of Alliance of Baptists churches (hist | edit) [399 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Alliance of Baptists'' is a denomination formed in 1987 as an outgrowth of the controversy within the Southern Baptist Convention. It was initially known as the Southern Baptist Alliance. Churches affiliated with the Alliance include: *Baptist Church of the Covenant *Southside Baptist Church Category:Lists of Baptist churches")
- 17:04, 15 March 2024 Charles Williams (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [610 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Charles Williams''' can refer to any of the following: * Charles Molton Williams (1930–2004), insurance and real estate executive * Charles Williams (architect) * Charles Williams (St Clair County), a member of the St Clair County Commission {{disambig}}")
- 17:02, 15 March 2024 C. Molton Williams (hist | edit) [2,104 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Charles Molton Williams''' (born June 21, 1930 in Birmingham; died January 6, 2004) was an insurance and real estate executive. Charles was the son of Elliott Williams Sr and the former Gertrude Molton, daughter of Thomas Molton. His father served as senior officer of the firm of Molton, Allen & Williams. Charles earned his bachelor of science in business administration at Washington & Lee University in Lexington,...")
- 14:56, 15 March 2024 Hannah Elliott (hist | edit) [4,568 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Hannah Elliott''' (born September 29, 1876 in Atlanta, Georgia; died October 6, 1956 in Birmingham) was an artist and art educator. Elliott was trained by private art teachers in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri; and Memphis, Tennessee. In Birmingham she trained with Roderick MacKenzie. She also studied at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, France. When she was 19, Elliott founded the Nineteenth Century Club as a young wom...")
- 11:43, 15 March 2024 Naomi King (hist | edit) [3,596 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Naomi Ruth Barber King''' (born November 17, 1931 in Dothan, Houston County; died March 7, 2024) was the widow of minister and Civil Rights activist Alfred Daniel King. Naomi moved with her mother, Bessie Barber, to Atlanta, Georgia in the mid 1940s. Naomi worked part-time as a fashion model while at Booker T. Washington High School, and was active at Ebenezer Baptist Church, then led by Martin Luther King Sr. She met Reverend King's yo...")
- 16:55, 14 March 2024 George Stewart (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [566 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Stewart''' can refer to any of the following: * George Ray Stuart (born 1944), former director of the Birmingham Public Library * George W. Stewart, founder of the American Gospel Quartet Convention {{disambig}}")
- 15:22, 14 March 2024 Dunavant Valley Oaks (hist | edit) [1,242 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Dunavant Valley Oaks''' is an undeveloped 1,633-acre parcel of property in northern Shelby County, with about 60 acres crossing over into southern Jefferson County. It stretches from the southern slope of Oak Mountain to Dunnavant Valley Road (Shelby County Road 41), north of Lake Wehapa. It has been owned by the family of C. Molton Williams, former president of Molton, Allen & Williams and founder of Brigham-Williams & Associates,...")
- 13:57, 14 March 2024 List of private schools (hist | edit) [2,621 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''list of private schools''' in the Birmingham area, with enrollment figures from 2023. ==List== ===Christian schools=== ====Catholic==== * John Carroll Catholic High School, 471 students in grades 9 through 12 * Prince of Peace Catholic School, 481 students in Pre-K through 8th grade * Saint Rose Academy (Birmingham), 210 students in Pre-K through 8th grade * Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (Homewood), 400 students in Pre-...")
- 12:59, 14 March 2024 Tom Huey (hist | edit) [3,048 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Thomas Edward Huey''' (born May 6, 1950; died February 29, 2024) was a poet and playwright. <!--Tom Huey, 73, playwright and poet, died Thursday as a result of a car accident. An Alabama native, he was the only child of Judge Thomas Huey Jr. and Elizabeth Sessions Huey. Tom discovered passions for athletics and literature as a young man at Birmingham University Preparatory School. For a time, Tom held the state record for sixty-yard low hurdles. As an...")
- 10:02, 14 March 2024 Ruth's Place (hist | edit) [1,222 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ruth's Place''' was a 120-seat, 7,200 square-foot restaurant, lounge, and entertainment venue at 2404 Derby Way in Birmingham's Liberty Highlands neighborhood. It was a sibling to Ruth's Cafe on 24th Street North in North Birmingham. It was opened in 2018 in the former Sensations nightclub space by members of the Bibb family, including Nett Bibb and Geniece Dancy. The menu featured Southern-style favorites like smothered pork c...")
- 23:48, 13 March 2024 Football players mural (hist | edit) [1,006 bytes] Mark Taylor (talk | contribs) (Created page with "center|thumb|800px|Football players mural in September 1979 This mural depicting stylized football players was executed by Joyce P. Smith and Terry Beckham for the Birmingham Mural Project in 1978. It once occupied three sections of the west wall of a one-story building owned by The Birmingham News on the southeast corner of 22nd Street North and 4th Avenue North, on the site where a new Birming...")
- 16:46, 13 March 2024 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (hist | edit) [2,672 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''American Rescue Plan Act of 2021''', also known as '''ARPA''' or the '''COVID-19 Stimulus Package''' is a federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021 as a key piece of his "Investing in America" policy platform, primarily aimed at boosting the national economy in the wake of the COVID pandemic. The primary purpose of the law was to authorize $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus payments to in...")
- 16:18, 13 March 2024 Bessemer Housing Authority (hist | edit) [1,322 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Housing Authority of the City of Bessemer''' is the public agency responsible for administering federally-funded housing policy in the city of Bessemer, including public housing projects as well as Section 8 vouchers for low-income renters in the city. As of 2024 the authority serves about 3,000 residents. The authority's headquarters office is located at 1515 Fairfax Avenue adjacent to the Thompson Manor public housing community. Its executive direct...")
- 16:05, 13 March 2024 Act of Alabama 2024-20 (hist | edit) [5,872 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Act of Alabama 2024-20''' is an Alabama law, passed during the 2024 legislative session, which indemnifies parties to in vitro fertilization treatment from prosecutions or other legal actions arising from the destruction of human embryos. The bill was quickly drafted in response to the Alabama State Supreme Court's February 16, 2024 ruling that embryos created during in vitro fertilization treatments have the same righ...")
- 13:12, 13 March 2024 Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin (hist | edit) [4,323 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""'''Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin'''" is an oil painting produced circa 1814 by Joshua Johnson (sometimes Johnston), a painter from Baltimore, Maryland who is generally thought to be the first professional Black artist in the United States. There is sparse and conflicting evidence regarding Johnson's background, with some sources indicating he was born in 1763 as the son of George Johnson, a white man, and an enslaved Black woman whose name has not survived. He was s...")
- 11:35, 13 March 2024 North Birmingham Mural (hist | edit) [988 bytes] Mark Taylor (talk | contribs) (Created page with "center|thumb|800px|"North Birmingham Mural" in September 1979 The '''North Birmingham Mural''' is a large-scale painted mural executed by Joyce P. Smith, with the help of local youngsters, for the Birmingham Mural Project in 1978. The mural, now badly faded, covers the west wall of the Birmingham Police Department North Precinct building at 2600 31st Avenue North and depicts a giant panorama of the neighb...")