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“Don’t be scared to ask for help and its okay to cry. I cried a little while ago, it’s so hard to not to cry…but continue to keep your faith in God.”
Kim Callines, Birmingham resident, diagnosed with breast cancer in May, whose last day of radiation is in November, in Oct. 6 interview published in The Birmingham Times.
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Black Then's Knowledge Notes #TheySpokeToMe
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama
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Quotes You Should Read During Black History Month
Quotes from Black history can be a great way to personalize yourself with some of the most prominent figures in American history.  The post Quotes You Should Read During Black History Month appeared first on NewsOne.
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7 Candid Quotes About Motherhood From Solange Knowles
The singer welcomed her son Julez in 2004.
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“We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil, and social; and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America!”
W.E.B. Du Bois in 1903 from his “Men of Niagara” discourse from one of the Great Speeches in Black History which appeared in the Birmingham Times on Feb. 23
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“Her commitment to human rights has been beautifully demonstrated by her advocacy and aptitude for linking business, government and social issues to foster equality.”
-Isaac M. Cooper, chairman of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute board of directors, on Myrlie Evers-Williams, the institute’s selection for the 2022 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, according to a Nov. 2 story from The Birmingham Times.
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Rare Toni Morrison Short Story to be Published as a Book - Los Angeles Sentinel
To much of the world the late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as ``Beloved,'' ``Song of Solomon'' and ``The Bluest Eye.'' The post Rare Toni Morrison Short Story to be Published as a Book appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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20 Thoughtful Quotes About Fatherhood From Barack Obama
The former president has opened up about his experience parenting Malia and Sasha.
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Black Health, Wellness and Struggle: Towards A Radical Racial Healing - Los Angeles Sentinel
This year’s Black History Month theme, “Black Health and Wellness,” opens space for us to call into focus our self-determined and self-sustaining ways of knowing, working and struggling to achieve, protect, promote and sustain our health, health care and healing in a society which is the source of
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GBN’s Daily Drop: Quote on Women’s Rights from Abolitionist and Activist Sojourner Truth (LISTEN)
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Sister Wives' Meri Brown’s Moving On Quotes Post-Kody Split
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“God is still good and I won’t complain.”
-Birmingham native comedian Ricky Smiley during a funeral for his son Brandon, 32, according to a Feb. 4 tweet.
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8 Powerful Martin Luther King Jr Quotes
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“A lot of parents say, ‘not my child. This wouldn’t happen in my home,’ but little do they know guns are being hidden right there in your home.”
-Shunda Milhouse, whose 15-year-old daughter was shot and killed 20 years ago, in interview with WBHM 90.3 FM on escalating gun violence in Birmingham 
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Most Memorable Visits to Birmingham (AL)
By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Birmingham have been intertwined ever since the Civil Rights leader helped dismantle segregation in one of the America’s most racist cities during the 1960’s. Many point to King’s efforts in Birmingham in the spring of 1963, when
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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Phoenix Suns Postgame Quotes | 12/9/22
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“I was a mass communicator not a class communicator. I was able to do things on the radio to bring people together.”
-Dr. Shelley Stewart, a Civil Rights leader, veteran radio broadcaster and advertising executive, who was given the city of Birmingham’s “Putting People First” award, according to a Oct. 28 post by The Birmingham Times.
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“They were mothers and fathers. They were brothers and sisters, cousins, coworkers, colleagues and friends. They are Birmingham.”
-Mayor Randall Woodfin on homicide victims killed last year, whose names were read in a video posted on the city’s social media, according to a Dec. 30 story in The Birmingham Times.
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“This is what you’ve got to do: Wake up, look up and be thankful for another day. I pray everyday, that today will be an even better day than yesterday was. And more often than not, it is.
-George Hamilton, Meal on Wheels volunteer, as told to bhamnow.com on Feb. 23. 
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“They’re living as if they don’t care if they die. And that’s an equally dangerous mindset.”
-Carrmone Owens, founder of 2nd Chance Lifesavers, a Birmingham-based organization, on the mental health issues of many Black men in violent situations, according to an AL.com story which appeared in The Birmingham Times on Dec. 30.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Notable Quotes
By Hannah Hutyra Keepinspiring.me Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was a pivotal advocate for African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The nation observes Dr. King’s birthday this year on January 18.   King experienced
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Notable quotes from Oklahoma State players after bye week practice
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Black Then's Knowledge Notes #TheySpokeToMe
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“I would tell myself, ‘Don’t give up, don’t give in, and don’t give out under any circumstances.’ That was my motto. I never thought I would get out.”
-Robert Cheeks, 80, who was released from William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Bessemer after serving 37 years of a life sentence given to him in 1985 in accordance with Alabama’s “three strikes” law, Sept. 12
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“We’d never been on a highway where people are driving 80, 90 miles an hour. That alone, it scared us to death…Everything was just a culture shock.”
Ted Greer, the new CEO of Alabama Regional Medical Services, on immigrating to the United States from the Caribbean, according to a Jan. 23 story from The Birmingham Times.
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“I’m one generation away from a family who lost everything. If you don’t believe the United States is the greatest country that allows the greatest of opportunity, then I don’t know how to convince you any other way.”
Mike Suco, CEO of Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company United (CCBCU), in a Sept. 19 interview published in The Birmingham Times
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‘Christmas is the Day That Holds All Time Together
The Times Staff Actresses, businesswomen, authors, playwrights, song writers and many others share their thoughts below on the traditions and lasting memories of the year’s most celebrated holiday.  “When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and
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“He’s still down there breathing right now. He still has life, so it’s not too late to right this wrong.”
-Antonio Green, whose cousin Toforest Johnson has been on death row since 1998 following a conviction, which Green and many in the state's legal community consider unjust, according to an April 17 story from The Birmingham Times.
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“…you can have everything, but you can’t have it all at one time. I think too many women strive to have it all. I’ve come to realize it more as I’ve gotten older.”
-Angela Baumann, a Birmingham woman, recalls the best piece of advice she's received, according to a March 1 story from The Birmingham Times.
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