Miles College student Shelly Millender, standing in suit, is shown during an effort to desegregate the public library in Birmingham, Ala., on April 10, 1963. Millender, a Black Army veteran who helped ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Birmingham Branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library marked a historic milestone on Saturday, celebrating 100 years of serving the east Toledo community. The century-old ...

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 ...

Miles College student Shelly Millender, standing in suit, is shown during an effort to desegregate the public library in Birmingham, Ala., on April 10, 1963. (Birmingham News/Alabama Department 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 ...