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- 13:22, 4 May 2024 East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy (hist | edit) [564 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy''' is located in East Lake at 7267 Higdon Road. Its current church building was erected in 1962. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * J. A. Thorn * Marvin Davis * Gary Archie, 2024 ==References== * Bains, David (May 4, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/05/04/east-lake-highlands-church-of-god-of-prophecy/ East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy] ''Chasing Churches'' Category:Churches in East Lake...")
- 16:31, 3 May 2024 Mopane (hist | edit) [664 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mopane''' (born April 17, 2024 at the Birmingham Zoo) is a female reticulated giraffe born to Jalil and Ruby and exhibited at the Zoo's Trails of Africa exhibit. She is Ruby's first offspring. Her arrival expanded the zoo's collection of giraffes to 5. Mopane's name, pronounced "Mo-Paw-Nee" refers to a balsam tree native to Southern Africa favored for browsing by giraffes. It was the top vote-getter among four suggested names offered to partic...")
- 10:44, 3 May 2024 Naples Avenue (hist | edit) [416 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Naples Avenue''', also called '''Naples Avenue South''' is a mostly residential street in Brown Springs that runs south from one block north of 72nd Street South to Rugby Avenue. ==Notable Addresses== * 7247: former location of Brown Springs Super Market (1981) * 7340: St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake * 7600: Mount Vernon Baptist Church *")
- 07:09, 3 May 2024 Martin Memorial Methodist Church (hist | edit) [1,004 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Martin Memorial Methodist Church''' (later known as '''Martin Memorial United Methodist Church''') was a congregation of the North Alabama Conference located at 4221 8th Avenue in Wylam. It was founded in 1888. It is named for Wylam's pioneering businessman Joseph Martin. The congrgation built a Gothic revival sanctuary buildng designed by T. L. Brodie in 1926. After the congregati...")
- 20:37, 2 May 2024 Fulton Springs Methodist Church (hist | edit) [1,010 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fulton Springs Methodist Church''' is a congregation of the Global Methodist Church located at 1900 Stouts Road in Fultondale. It was established as part of the North Alabama Conference| of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It laid the cornerstone of its current sanctuary building on September 1, 1925. From 1968 until 2022-2023, it was known as '''Fulton Springs United Methodist Church'''. Like ma...")
- 16:05, 29 April 2024 Scooby Wright (hist | edit) [4,446 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Philip Anthony "Scooby" Wright III''' (born August 28, 1994 in Windsor, California) is a former linebacker for the 2022 and 2023 Birmingham Stallions in the United States Football League. Wright is the son of Philip and Annette Wright, who were living in California while his father coached softball at Santa Rosa Junior College. It was his father...")
- 11:43, 29 April 2024 Harwell Goodwin Davis Library (hist | edit) [565 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Harwell Goodwin Davis Library''' is the central building on the campus of Samford University. It was named for Samford president Harwell Goodwin Davis and, like the rest of the campus, designed by Van Keuren and Davis. It was opened with the rest of the Shades Valley campus in 1957. In 1993 the building was renovated and a north wing added. It is named the Frank. W. & Clara Clements Hundall Library. {{stub}} Category:Samford University...")
- 06:53, 28 April 2024 Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (hist | edit) [806 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church''' is located at 3700 Maple Avenue Southwest and was established in 1946. Its current building was erected in 1975. It is part of the Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * E. D. Williams * A. S. Crear * Steven Hoyt, 2024 ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 28, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/28/noble-chapel-christian-method...")
- 18:16, 27 April 2024 Earth, Wind, and Water (hist | edit) [304 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Earth, Wind, and Water: The Landscape of Alabama''' is a living interior mural on the wall of the concourse at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. It was installed in 2014 to a design by quilter Muff Johnston. {{stub}} Category: Birmingham airport Category: 2014 works")
- 17:13, 26 April 2024 UAB Office of Research (hist | edit) [1,041 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''UAB Office of Research''' is an administrative unit at UAB responsible for leading and supporting the university's "research enterprise" by promoting excellence and creativity in research projects that contribute to mankind's knowledge and support economic growth in Birmingham and Alabama. The office is located in room 720 of the UAB Administration Building. It is headed by Vice President for Research Christopher S. Brown. <!--* Associate Vic...")
- 14:40, 25 April 2024 McElroy Memorial United Methodist Church (hist | edit) [739 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''McElroy Memorial United Methodist Church''' was located at 900 39th Street North in East Birmingham. Its brick mid-century traditional building was erected in 1947 by E. M. McElroy when the congregation was known as '''McElroy Memorial Methodist Church'''. ==Pastors== * S. A. Lowery, 1947 ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 25, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/25/mcelroy-memorial-methodist-church-rhema-word-ministries/ “McElro...")
- 14:17, 25 April 2024 Hillsboro School (hist | edit) [1,616 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Hillsboro School''' is a private non-profit grade school located on a 30-acre mostly wooded campus at 73 Elvira Road in Helena. It is an affiliate of the American Montessori Society and the International Montessori Council and is the only Montessori high school in the Birmingham area. It was founded in 2017 and took the name "Hillsboro" from the mid-19th century community that grew into Helena. The school's executive director is Wendy Poczatek....")
- 11:51, 24 April 2024 The James (hist | edit) [1,745 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The James''' is a 272-unit luxury apartment complex with a five level, 373-space parking garage and a small retail component located on the former site of the Highland Plaza shopping center, on the 2200 block of Highland Avenue, between 22nd Street South and 11th Court South. The complex features and outdoor courtyard and swimming pool for residents. 22nd Street Partners LLC, an affiliate of Daniel Corporation, purchased the shopping center in 2...")
- 09:16, 24 April 2024 West End Purity Holiness Church of God (hist | edit) [818 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End Purity Holiness Church of God''' also known as '''West End Purity Holiness Church''' is located at 1245 Cotton Avenue in the former West End United Methodist Church sanctuary building. The church celebrated its 69th anniversary in October 2016. Its pastor was Bishop Darryl Graves. He succeeded his father, the late James Graves in May 2016. {{stub}} ==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/wephc/ West End Purity Holiness Church]...")
- 09:00, 24 April 2024 West End United Methodist Church (hist | edit) [817 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End United Methodist Church''' was a congregation of the United Methodist Church founded in 1890. It was located at the corner of Cotton Avenue and 13th Street Southwest in West End. After the congregation closed its older sanctuary building became the home of West End Purity Holiness Church of God while is adjoining newer buildings became the home of United Methodist-related Urban Ministry. =...")
- 12:50, 23 April 2024 Rebecca Yeager (hist | edit) [2,119 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rebecca Kornegay Yeager''' (born April 16, 1984 in Birmingham) is an actor, stage director and adjunct professor at Auburn University at Montgomery. Yeager graduated from Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School in 2002 and enrolled at Birmingham-Southern College to study theatre arts. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2006 and was hired by the college as an admissions counselor. She completed a master of fine arts at the U...")
- 11:41, 23 April 2024 Michael Flowers (hist | edit) [2,323 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Michael Flowers''' (born November 12, 1956 in North Little Rock, Arkansas) was a professor of theatre arts at Birmingham-Southern College for 37 years, and chair of the at Department of Theatre until his retirement in 2021. Flowers graduated from North Little Rock Northeast High School and enrolled at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro to study sports journalism. He became interested in theater there and earned his...")
- 20:29, 22 April 2024 Greater Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ (hist | edit) [558 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Greater Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ''' is a Pentecostal church located at 5001 1st Avenue North in Woodlawn. The pastor is Leon Lewis, Jr.. ==External link== * [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554735184414 Greater Judah Ministries] Facebook page {{stub}} Category:Churches in Woodlawn Category:1st Avenue North Category:50th Street North Category:Church of God in Christ churches")
- 19:09, 22 April 2024 St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake (hist | edit) [672 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake''' is located at 7340 Naples Avenue in Brown Springs, a neighborhood of the greater East Lake neighborhood. The church was established in 1908 and erected its current building in 1965. {{stub}} ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 22, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/22/st-paul-african-methodist-episcopal-church-east-lake/ "St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake" ''Ch...")
- 16:33, 22 April 2024 Is-Able Ministries (hist | edit) [1,464 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Is-Able Ministries''' is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 by Lorenzo Brown which provides assistance to people with physical and mental disabilities. The organization offers independent living programs and support for caregivers. Its programs include goal-setting, self-advocacy, conflict resolution, and financial literacy, along with help finding employment or preparing for college or a career. The organization is also able to help meet material needs...")
- 15:36, 22 April 2024 Irondale Civic Center (hist | edit) [1,177 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Irondale Civic Center''' is a 57,359 square-foot meeting hall and events center at the former Zamora Shrine Center at 3521 Ratliff Road in Irondale, near the intersection of I-459 at I-20. The City of Irondale purchases the property for $5 million in 2022 for future redevelopment. The city planned to work with private partners on a master plan consistent with the Blueprint Irondale Comprehensive Plan. After acquiring the building Iro...")
- 15:10, 22 April 2024 William Harris (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [789 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Harris''' can refer to any of the following: * William F. "Bill" Harris, director of physical education for Birmingham City Schools * Bill Harris Jr (1935–2011), founder of American Marble Co. * William H. Harris (1944–2024), president of Alabama State University {{disambig}}")
- 14:52, 22 April 2024 William H. Harris (hist | edit) [3,124 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Hamilton Harris''' (born July 22, 1944 in Fitzgerald, Georgia; died April 19, 2024 in Hilton Head, South Carolina) was a historian and president of Alabama State University for two separate terms, from 1994 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Harris grew up in Georgia and earned his bachelor’s degree at Paine College in Augusta in 1966. He went on to complete a master of arts and Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloom...")
- 10:32, 22 April 2024 Sally Nemeth (hist | edit) [3,128 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sarah Louise "Sally" Nemeth''' (born 1959 in Chicago, Illinois; died July 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, California) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist and educator. Sally was one of three daughters born to Edward and Nancy Nemeth of Chicago. During her childhood the family lived in Ogden Dunes, Indiana and Wilmington, Deleware before moving to Birmingham. She attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts and transferred to Indian Springs School as...")
- 08:45, 20 April 2024 First Baptist Church Graymont (hist | edit) [865 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''First Baptist Church Graymont''' was established in 1885 and erected a new building in 1923. In 1965 it dedicated its current building at 100 9th Court West in College Hills. It erected an additional building in 1986. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * H. Lanier, 1920-1947 * R. M. Joseph, 1947-1971 * J. W. Croom, 1972-2018 * Bryan Harper, 2024 ==External link== * [https://www.firstbaptistgraymont.org/ First Baptist Church Graymont] websi...")
- 17:03, 19 April 2024 Harris Homes (hist | edit) [1,180 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Harris Homes''' is a 200-unit public housing project operated by the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District located at 514 Chester Avenue, arrayed around Brussels Circle, off Brussels Avenue and south of Georgia Road in the Oak Ridge Park neighborhood of Birmingham's Woodlawn community. A community and recreation center is located at the eastern end of the complex. The community backs up to the Inte...")
- 15:48, 19 April 2024 Kool-Aid McKinstry (hist | edit) [2,000 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ga'Quincy "Kool-Aid" McKinstry''' (born September 30, 2002 in Birmingham) is a football player. He was the 2021 Alabama "Mr Football", and the USA Today High School Football Defensive Player of the Year, and an All-American cornerback for the 2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. McKinstry's grandmother gave him his nickname, because his smile reminded her of the Kool-Aid Man. He attended Pi...")
- 17:04, 18 April 2024 Larry Simmons Stadium (hist | edit) [1,084 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Larry Simmons Stadium''' (formerly '''Thompson High School Stadium''' or '''Warrior Stadium''') is a football stadium in Alabaster which serves as the home field for the Thompson High School Warriors football team. It was dedicated on October 30, 1992. The stadium is also used by the Birmingham United Soccer Association and the Alabama FC women's soccer team. A new entrance pavilion with restrooms and ticket booths was completed in April 20...")
- 14:48, 17 April 2024 Birmingham-Southern Theatre (hist | edit) [18,000 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Birmingham-Southern Theatre''' was a performing arts program and the primary activity of Birmingham-Southern College's Department of Theatre, comprised of undergraduate students enrolled in bachelor of arts programs in theatre arts and musical theatre, as well as students in other majors pursuing electives. Before closing with the college in May 2024 the program usually staged four major productions and six student productions each year. BSC hosted a chapter...")
- 12:36, 17 April 2024 Barry Austin (hist | edit) [1,801 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Barry Clark Austin''' (born c. 1965; died April 3, 2024 in Birmingham) was a healthcare administrator and prolific stage actor. Barry was the son of Bill and Shirley Austin. He was active with the Birmingham-Southern Theatre, graduating from Birmingham-Southern College with a bachelor of arts in musical theater in 1988. He went on to complete a master of fine arts in stage directing at the University of Alabama in 1999. He has worked a...")
- 12:25, 16 April 2024 Valley Road (Trussville) (hist | edit) [1,192 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Valley Road''' runs through Trussville from North Chalkville Road to Linden Street. In the 2010s it was extended along Pinchgut Creek to Roosevelt Boulevard, at the Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm shopping center. ==Notable addresses== * road begins as continuation of Linden Street at Pineview Road * 4200: Mt Joy Baptist Church * road bend eastward, '''Valley Road Extension''' intersects (west only) * road crosses Dry Creek ** 4400:...")
- 17:12, 15 April 2024 Bethel W. Whitson Organization (hist | edit) [1,532 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Bethel W. Whitson Organization''' was a blueprinting, surveying, cartographic and engineering company founded in 1910 as the '''Electric Blue Printing Company'''. It was was located on the 6th floor of the Woodward Building in downtown Birmingham. In addition to serving the needs of architects, municipalities and developers in the booming city, the company also benefitted from legislation requiring mine operators to keep accurate maps of underground wo...")
- 14:53, 15 April 2024 Tom Soehn (hist | edit) [2,865 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Tom Soehn''' (born April 15, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) is the head coach of the Birmingham Legion football club. Soehn grew up in Chicago and began playing soccer at age 4. He graduated from Forest View High School in 1984 and from Western Illinois University in 1987. In college he starred as leading scorer and two-time All Conference player for the Leathernecks soccer team. After graduating he signed a professional contract...")
- 11:39, 15 April 2024 Jace Johnson (hist | edit) [1,707 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Jace Johnson''' (born c. 1999 in Bessemer) is a brakeman for the U.S. World Cup 4-man bobsled team. Johnson, the son of Howard Johnson and Kim Jenkins, was a National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member at McAdory High School, graduating in 2017. He was also a first team All-Area basketball player for James Poindexter's Yellow Jackets. Johnson went on to attend Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Phenix City, Russell County. He...")
- 09:05, 15 April 2024 MAX Transit Route 20 (hist | edit) [1,645 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''MAX Transit Route 20''' is a bus route serviced by the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority from Birmingham Central Station to the Woodlawn Community Transit Center via Kingston. Prior to May 2024, Route 20 took riders to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport with one stop on 50th Street North near Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North, behind the Holiday Inn Birmingham-Airport. Busses ran from 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM w...")
- 17:37, 14 April 2024 BLOC Global Group (hist | edit) [2,005 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''BLOC Global Group''', formerly '''Formation Methods LLC''', is a real estate development, real estate services, and professional recruiting business. It was founded in 2003 by Herschell Hamilton, Mike Carpeneter and former Morehouse College president Roy Keith Jr. It is headquartered at 1520 7th Avenue North in Fountain Heights and also has an office at 818 Connecticut Avenue Northwest in Washington D.C. Early on, the firm provided development...")
- 10:54, 13 April 2024 Bhate Geosciences (hist | edit) [729 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''BHATE Geosciences''' is a large, privately-owned geotechnical engineering and materials testing firm founded in December 1994 by Uday Bhate. The firm operates from headquarters offices at 5217 5th Avenue South in Birmingham's Crestwood North neighborhood. It was formerly located in the 1608 13th Avenue South building in Five Points South. In 2022 the company reported $7...")
- 10:37, 13 April 2024 Building & Earth Sciences (hist | edit) [708 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Building & Earth Sciences''' is a geotechnical engineering and materials testing firm founded in December 1998 by Deepa Bhate with partners Robert Adams and Jeff Cowen. The firm operates in 9 states from headquarters offices at 5545 Derby Drive in Trussville. ==External links== * [https://www.buildingandearth.com/ Building & Earth Sciences] website Category:Engineering firms Category:1998 establishments Category:Derby Drive")
- 10:08, 13 April 2024 Falls Facility Services (hist | edit) [783 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Falls Facility Services''', formerly '''Falls Janitorial Service''', is a large, family-owned service company which provides general and specialty cleaning, staff training and other services to businesses. It was founded in 1959 by Thomas Falls Sr and his wife Mary Helen and is now operated by the third generation of their family. The company has offices at 1911 Jefferson Avenue Southwest. In 2023 the company employed 100 workers....")
- 10:01, 13 April 2024 Corporate Facilities Management (hist | edit) [809 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Corporate Facilities Management''' is a large, privately-owned service company which provides cleaning, building and landscape maintenance, pest control, and security services to businesses, churches and other institutions in the Birmingham, Cullman, Huntsville, and Montgomery areas. It was founded in 1987 by J. L. Spratling and has offices in the Bessemer Business Center at 1020 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer. In 2023 the company employed 1...")
- 08:14, 13 April 2024 Greater 16th Street Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God (hist | edit) [541 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|450px|Greater 16th Street Baptist Church in 2021 '''Greater 16th Street Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God''' is located at 2001 16th Street North in Bessemer. It is a member of the Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God, an Alabama-based denomination. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * Michael L. Wilson, 2022 Category:AOH churches Category:Churches in Bessemer Category:16...")
- 16:53, 12 April 2024 Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo (hist | edit) [1,380 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo''''' is a musical stage play which premiered at Birmingham Children's Theatre on March 25, 2023. The play, based on the relationship of Miss Fancy the elephant, the former star attraction at the Avondale Park zoo, and her trainer, John Todd. The script was commissioned in 2019] from Chicago playwright G. Riley Mills by Children's Theatre artistic director Brandon Bruce. Songs performed in the pro...")
- 08:43, 12 April 2024 Southside Sundown Cinema (hist | edit) [481 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Southside Sundown Cinema''' was an outdoor film series organized by Tom Goad at The Garages in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. In 1981 the locally-produced short film "The Bottle" premiered before a screening of the 1962 French featurette "La Jetée". {{stub}} Category: Former cinemas Category: 1970s establishments Category: The Garages")
- 11:53, 11 April 2024 E. D. Henley (hist | edit) [718 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Eugene Duvergne Henley''' (born July 25, 1886; died June 20, 1960 in Birmingham) was the founder of the Birmingham Electric Battery Co. (BEBCO). Henley was the son of Louis Darby and Louisa "Loulie" Stone Henley of Noxubee County, Mississippi. He married the former Frances Marie Woltersdorf. Henley founded his successful company in 1913. He died in 1960 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery. {{stub}} ==External links== * [https...")
- 11:37, 11 April 2024 BEBCO Building (hist | edit) [2,713 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":''This article is about the historic BEBCO Building. For other buildings used by the company, see BEBCO Building (disambiguation)''. The '''BEBCO Building''' is a 24,000 square-foot one-story brick commercial building at 2230 2nd Avenue South, at the corner of 23rd Street South on Block 119 in Birmingham's Southside neighborhood. It was constructed in 1926 as a garage for the Birmingham Electric Battery Co.. The $30,000 structure was des...")
- 06:53, 11 April 2024 Presbytery of the South (hist | edit) [972 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Presbytery of the South''' is the regional unit of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians encompassing Birmingham. ECO was formed at a January 2012 conference in Orlando, Florida by members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) who were concerned about the decline in deonominational membership and theological disputes. Particularly prominent was the move to ordain partnered LGBTQ+ individuals in the PC(USA). The Presbytery of the South comprises the st...")
- 19:28, 10 April 2024 Howard L. and Martha H. Holley Lectures (hist | edit) [3,390 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Howard L. and Martha H. Holley Lectures: New Testament Voices for a Contemporary World in Honor of Dr. William E. Hull''' is an endowed lectureship that brings noted scholars to Samford University each fall to address a topic related to the New Testament of contemporary theological and social issues. It was established in 2005 in honor of Dr. William E. Hull. The honoree, Bill Hull, gave the first set of lectures. He had served Samford as pro...")
- 20:14, 9 April 2024 Brookwood Baptist Church (hist | edit) [862 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Brookwood Baptist Church''' is located at 3449 Overton Road in southeastern Mountain Brook. It came into being as a mission of Mountain Brook Baptist Church and was formally established under the name '''Calvary Baptist Church''' on October 4, 1968. Until December 1969, the church met in Brookwood Forest Elementary School. At that time it moved into its first chapel on the present site. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * Bryant Strain, 1968- * [...")
- 19:46, 9 April 2024 Jim Barnette (hist | edit) [1,162 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''James R. Barnette''' was a Baptist minister and Samford alumnus. He served both Samford University and Brookwood Baptist Church prior to his death from Creutzfeld-Jakob disease on February 22, 2021. He was 59 years of age. He returned to Samford to serve as Minister to the University in 1994. He also taught in the Religion Department. In 2005 he stepped down as Minister to the University and became a full...")
- 16:11, 9 April 2024 Southeastern Salvage (hist | edit) [1,140 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Southeastern Salvage Home Emporium''' is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based regional chain of warehouse-style retail stores offering a range of home décor and building materials bought from importers or liquidations. The stores operate under various combinations of the names "Southeastern Salvage" and "Home Emporium". The first store opened in Chattanooga in 1980. The company opened its first Birmingham area location at Grants Mill Station in Irondale in...")
- 12:35, 9 April 2024 St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [531 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church''' may refer to any of the following: * St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Smithfield, 300 4th Court North (Smithfield) * St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brown Springs, 7344 Naples Avenue South (Brown Springs) * St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Wylam, 1223 Portland Street (Wylam)")
- 08:24, 9 April 2024 77th Street Church of Christ (hist | edit) [667 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''77th Street Church of Christ''' was located in East Lake. It erected a new red-brick building at the corner of 77th Street and 1st Avenue South in 1948. Later the church sold and became the home of Agape Missionary Baptist Church. {{stub}} Category:Churches in East Lake Category:1948 buildings Category:Oporto-Madrid Boulevard Category:Churches of Christ Category:1st Avenue South ==References== * Bains, Davi...")
- 06:32, 9 April 2024 Agape Missionary Baptist Church (hist | edit) [723 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Agape Missionary Baptist Church''' is located at 110 Oporto Madrid Boulevard in a brick 1948 building erected by 77th Street Church of Christ. It faces onto 1st Avenue South. It was began in July 2001. {{stub}} ==External link== * [https://www.agapembc.org/ Agape Missionary Baptsit Church] website ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 8, 2024) "[https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/09/77th-street-church-of-christ-agape-missionary-baptist-church...")
- 16:26, 8 April 2024 Heidelberg Materials (hist | edit) [4,053 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Heidelberg Materials''' is a multinational supplier of building materials headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. It was founded in 1894 by Johann Philipp Schifferdecker. The company expanded into France in the 1970s, and to North America with the purchase of Lehigh Cement in 1990. HeidelbergCement AG acquired Sherman Industries in 2005 and Hanson PLC of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England in 2007. The business operated as Lehigh Hanson until rebranding...")
- 14:40, 8 April 2024 Operation Green Wave (hist | edit) [965 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Operation Green Wave''' was a clean-up effort initiated in 2016 by Mayor William Bell as a response to concerns voiced at a series of town hall meetings. The Birmingham Department of Public Works was given charge to implement the program with the priority of removing "blight" wherever found. In its first three weeks, between the launch on September 12 and October 5, officials reported 8,969 tons of trash and debris collecte...")
- 12:06, 8 April 2024 BEBCO Building (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [720 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to The Battery) Tag: New redirect originally created as "Bebco Building"
- 10:16, 7 April 2024 1968 Tuskegee student uprising (hist | edit) [1,089 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''1968 Tuskegee student uprising''' was a student protest on the campus of Tuskegee Institute on April 6, 1968. A group of 300 students barricaded a meeting of the board of trustees at Dorothy Hall, seeking several concessions that had been distributed previously. These included the institution of a Black history curriculum, ending mandatory participation in military ROTC programs, chang...")
- 16:44, 5 April 2024 Noland Health Services (hist | edit) [1,386 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noland Health Services''', formerly the '''Lloyd Noland Foundation''', is a non-profit that operates of long-term care facilities. The Lloyd Noland Foundation was created and endowed in 1951 by U.S. Steel to take over ownership and operation of its Lloyd Noland Hospital, which it had opened in Fairfield in 1913. The foundation sold the main hospital to Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Santa Barbara, California for $47 million. In 2007 Noland Health...")
- 09:13, 4 April 2024 Birmingham Civil Rights Conference (hist | edit) [1,131 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Birmingham Civil Rights Conference''' is an annual event co-sponsored by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the FBI Birmingham Field Office which aims to develop tools to allow law enforcement agencies and communities impacted by injustices to better communicate and achieve shared goals. {{stub}} ==2023== The 2023 Birmingham Civil Rights Conference was held on September 24–September 25 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ==2024=...")
- 15:39, 3 April 2024 Stockham Building (hist | edit) [1,778 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|375px|Stockham Building in 2013 The '''Stockham Building''', originally the '''Stockham Woman's Building''' is a 2-story neoclassical revival academic building on the southern end of the campus of Birmingham-Southern College. It was constructed in 1931 with funds donated by Kate Clark Stockham. the chair of Stockham Valves & Fittings and widow of its founder William Stockham. The building was intended to hou...")
- 14:20, 3 April 2024 Fred Hunter (hist | edit) [2,985 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fred Hunter''' (born April 3, 1953 in Fort Payne) is a former meteorologist and creator and producer of "Absolutely Alabama" segments for WBRC 6. Hunter, the son of T. F. and Dorothy Chitwood Hunter of Fort Payne. The family lived in Jasper for a while and also spent time in Clayton, Barbour County; Opp, Covington County; Alexander City; and before settling in Fyffe, DeKalb County, when T. F. Hunter purchased the Fyffe Five-and-Dime and Fr...")
- 09:10, 3 April 2024 Avenue H Ensley (hist | edit) [3,852 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{About|the street in Ensley|the downtown Birmingham street|University Boulevard}} '''Avenue H''' is a business street seven blocks south of the railroad tracks in downtown Ensley. The eastern end of the street continues from Avenue G Ensley in Central Pratt. It continues through South Pratt and Ensley proper, stopping at 35th Street Ensley short of I-59. {{stub}} ==Notable addresses== ===South Pratt=== * Avenue begins at Railroad Avenue...")
- 16:01, 2 April 2024 Alabama Blues Hall of Fame (hist | edit) [5,103 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Alabama Blues Hall of Fame''' is a local chapter of the '''Blues Hall of Fame''', a website founded in 1999 by Dan Marolt of San Francisco, California to honor blues musicians with an online "eMuseum" and various induction events hosted by local "blues ambassadors" at clubs around the world. The program is a operated under a fiscal sponsorship basis with the Virginia-based non-profit "United Charitable". It is not affiliated with the Memphis, Tennessee-based...")
- 14:13, 2 April 2024 David Crenshaw (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [339 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''David Crenshaw''' can refer to any of the followng: * David Crenshaw Jr (1926–2011), World War II veteran, U.S. Steel worker, entrepreneur and civic activist. * Dave Crenshaw (born c. 1967), musician and music producer {{dismabig}}")
- 13:12, 2 April 2024 Dave Crenshaw (hist | edit) [1,600 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''David Edric Crenshaw''' (born c. [[1967] in Birmingham) is a musician and producer. Crenshaw is the youngest of three sons of long-time Ramsay High School band director Edward Crenshaw. He grew up in Birmingham and graduated from Huffman High School in 1985, participating in the school's drama department. Crenshaw has worked as a professional percussionist, notably recording and touring with Maxwell and PJ Morton. His recordings with Morton won G...")
- 10:03, 2 April 2024 2024 Birmingham network outage (hist | edit) [2,647 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''2024 Birmingham network outage''' was a disruption in the computer network used by the City of Birmingham to support its administrative payroll, permitting, licenses, tax collection, and other services. The outage occurred during the first week of March 2024 and was first acknowledged officially in a memo to city employees from communications director Rick Journey on March 12. Though no official statement has been made about the cause of the outag...")
- 16:44, 1 April 2024 Edward Wilson (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [249 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Edward Wilson''' can refer to any of the following: * Edward J. Wilson (1932–2010), long-time rector of St Mark's Episcopal Church * Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021), entomologist and father of sociobiology {{disambig}}")
- 16:42, 1 April 2024 Edward J. Wilson (hist | edit) [1,481 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Edward John Wilson''' (born July 31, 1932 in Mobile, Mobile County; died April 1, 2010) was an Episcopal priest and long-time rector of St Mark's Episcopal Church in South Titusville. Wilson trained as a Catholic priest. He attended Our Lady of the Lake Seminary in Syracuse, Indiana and was ordained in the early 1960s. He went on to complete a bachelor of science at Crosier Seminary in Onamia, Minnesota; a bachelor of arts at Hastings College...")
- 12:41, 1 April 2024 St Mark's Episcopal Church (hist | edit) [1,496 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church) Tag: New redirect
- 08:06, 1 April 2024 Salvation Army Birmingham 614 Corps Community Worship Center (hist | edit) [799 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Salvation Army Birmingham 614 Corps Community Worship Center''' was a former chapel of the Salvation Army Birmingham Area Command located at 2410 Reverend Abraham Woods Boulevard. It was erected by the army in 1967 and served until 2017 when the army consolidated its Birmingham operations on a new "Center of Hope" campus adjacent to I-65 at Finley Boulevard. The building was transferred to Jefferson County in 2021. ==References== *Bain...")
- 20:47, 31 March 2024 Dennison Avenue (hist | edit) [2,581 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (creating redirect so that both forms of the name will end up the same (yet to be created) page.) Tag: New redirect
- 11:04, 31 March 2024 List of concerts at Sloss Furnaces (hist | edit) [8,342 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''List of concerts at Sloss Furnaces''', including music-only events which took place at the former iron furnace site: * August 30, 1986: Sinéad O'Connor * May 16, 1990: Townes Van Zandt * July 20, 1991: I-95 Summer Meltdown with Trixter, Robbie Nevil and Slick Lilly * May 6, 1995: Korn, Marilyn Manson and Danzig * July 22, 1995: Weezer and That Dog * May 8, 1996: Presidents of the United...")
- 10:57, 31 March 2024 Furnace Fest 2023 (hist | edit) [2,460 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Furnace Fest 2023''' was a three-day punk/hardcore/metal music festival held on September 22–24, 2023 at Sloss Furnaces. The event was organized and promoted by Johnny Grimes in partnership Nashville record executive Chad Johnson, who promoted the earlier incarnation. Ryan Luther of Nashville and Mike Ziemer of Dallas, Texas were also involved in the production. Prior to the main festival, a "Benefit Ba...")
- 21:46, 30 March 2024 BJCTA Board (hist | edit) [2,881 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority Board''' is the governing body responsible for operation of the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority. The first 3-member board of directors for a Jefferson County Transit Authority (JCTA) was created by Act No. 993 during the 1971 Alabama legislative session. It specified three members, one elected by the Jefferson County Commission, one by the Birmingham City Council...")
- 20:40, 30 March 2024 Tiera Kennedy (hist | edit) [2,585 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Tiera Leftwich Kennedy''' (born March 24, 1998) is a singer and songwriter who blends R&B and country sounds. Tiera is the daughter of Howell and Natarsha Leftwich. She grew up in Gardendale and taught herself to play guitar by watching online videos. She performed in Birmingham and Nashville, Tennessee, while attending Gardendale High School and later on a full scholarship to the University of North Alabama in Athens. Whil...")
- 21:19, 29 March 2024 Esther Cooper Jackson (hist | edit) [8,406 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Esther Victoria Cooper Jackson''' (born August 21, 1917 in Arlington, Virginia; died August 23, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts) was a civil rights activist, social worker, magazine editor and executive secretary of the Southern Negro Youth Congress. Esther was the daughter of George Posea Cooper and Esther Georgia Irving Cooper, who served as president of the Arlington branch of the NAACP. She attended segregated schools as a child, graduating...")
- 15:23, 29 March 2024 Hudson City (hist | edit) [318 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Hudson City''' was once an independent municipality. It was annexed into the City of Birmingham in the 1960s, becoming the eastern portion of the Inglenook neighborhood. {{stub}} * Category:Former municipalities")
- 13:02, 29 March 2024 Christine Taylor (hist | edit) [3,465 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''G. Christine Taylor''' (born c. 1957) is a former radio executive and current vice president and associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Alabama. Taylor graduated from Harriman High School in Roane County, Tennessee in 1975. She went on to complete a bachelor of arts in mass communications and media at Middle Tennessee State University in 1979. She began her radio career at WMOT-FM in Murfreesboro. She also worked wi...")
- 10:25, 29 March 2024 Alabamians for Academic Excellence and Integrity (hist | edit) [1,447 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Alabamians for Academic Excellence and Integrity''' ('''AAEI''') is a non-profit advocacy group which aims to promote education programs which are "rooted in the classical Western tradition", also described as "the Judeo-Western Civilization". The organization was founded in 2021 by Earl Tilford and Larry Clayton. It has advocated for the institution of an '''Alabama Classical College''' and has lobbied for the elimination of Diversity, Equity and Inclusi...")
- 20:26, 27 March 2024 First Church of the Nazarene (hist | edit) [694 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''First Church of the Nazarene''' is located at 1998 Shades Crest Road in Vestavia Hills at the intersection of Montgomery Highway. The congregation moved this site in the early 1970s from 923 Graymont Avenue in Bush Hills. Its former building was sold to Sardis Baptist Church. For some years in the early twentieth the congregation used the name '''Crossroads Community Church'''. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * Gene Fuller, 1966 ==References==...")
- 12:24, 27 March 2024 Mary Maxwell (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [294 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mary Maxwell''' can refer to any of the following: * Mary Maxwell (Montevallo), a professor of mathematics at the University of Montevallo and former partner in Eclipse Coffee * Mary Whalen Maxwell (born c. 1946), independent journalist and political candidate {{disambig}}")
- 13:34, 26 March 2024 Alabama House District 14 (hist | edit) [3,163 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Alabama State House of Representatives, District 14''' is a legislative district that includes most of Winston County and parts of western Cullman and Walker Counties, including the communities of Arley, Double Springs, Lynn, Natural Bridge, Oakman, and West Point Prior to 1975, each county sent a delegation to the Alabama State House of Representatives. Jefferson County was designated as D...")
- 11:44, 26 March 2024 Bobby Timmons (hist | edit) [1,712 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Robert Dean "Bobby" Timmons''' (born July 3, 1932; died March 22, 2024 in Prattville, Autauga County) was a two-term state legislator and long-time director of the Alabama Sheriffs Association. Timmons grew up in Ensley. He married his wife Emily in 1964. They had two children, Todd and Leslie. Timmons served as a special assistant to Jefferson County Sheriff Mel Bailey,...")
- 12:49, 25 March 2024 Mom's Basement (hist | edit) [1,719 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mom's Basement''' is a bar located on the lower level of the Avondale Mills Shopping Center at 4441 3rd Avenue South in East Avondale. The idea for the bar was brainstormed by Wes Frazer, Patrick Nelson, Daniel Drinkard and Payne Baker. It opened in 2020, furnished with vintage booths and lounge seating, a coin-op pool table, and a photo booth. The walls are decorated with a growing collection of framed photographs of patrons' mothers....")
- 12:10, 25 March 2024 Progress Club (hist | edit) [1,173 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Progress Club''' was a private social club at 2200 Ridge Park Avenue. It was established in 1920 by members of the conservative Jewish community, largely from Eastern European backgrounds. Its membership policies were considered less exclusive than the already-established Phoenix Club, which had been founded in the 1880s by members of the German-speaking reformed Jewish community centered around Temple Emanu-El. The club became dormant during the...")
- 11:49, 25 March 2024 Fairmont Country Club (hist | edit) [731 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Fairmont Country Club''' was a private country club established by Birmingham's Eastern European Jewish community in 1920. Fairmont merged with the slightly-younger Hillcrest Golf and Country Club, founded in 1922 by members of the Reformed German-Jewish Community. The merger, which took place on May 20, 1968, resulted in establishment of the Pine Tree Country Club. ==References== * {{Elovitz-1974}} Category:Country clubs Categ...")
- 09:09, 25 March 2024 Apex Roofing & Restoration (hist | edit) [1,555 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Apex Roofing & Restoration''' is a major roofing contractor. The company was founded in 2010 by Grant Rockett and its headquarters offices are located in the Southlake Center at 4601 Southlake Parkway. Apex acquired the building in 2021 for $3.4 million. On July 1, 2019 a 15-year-old laborer for W & W Restoration, subcontracted to Apex, fell to his death while working on a roof project at Cullman Casting's foundry facility. The Oc...")
- 11:19, 24 March 2024 Gary Bostany (hist | edit) [1,146 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Gary A. Bostany''' (born March 26, 1952 is an amateur historian, landlord, and former artist and art director for ''Southern Living''. Bostany is one of eight children born to restaurateur and salesman Fred Bostany and his wife Harriet. Bostany purchased and restored the Warwick Manor Apartments in Five Points South where he also resides. He served as president of the Five Points South nei...")
- 10:46, 24 March 2024 2025 Birmingham budget (hist | edit) [644 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''2024-2025 Birmingham budget''' includes the operating budget for the City of Birmingham for the fiscal year July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025 as well as a capital projects budget. Mayor Randall Woodfin hosted a town hall meeting in March 2024 to present details of the budgeting process and city's commitments to the public prior to submitting the budget proposal. ==References== * Gaddy, Daniel (March 19, 2024) "[https://...")
- 11:13, 23 March 2024 Funmi Ford (hist | edit) [1,285 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Emmanuella Oluwafunmilayo "Funmi" Ford''' (born in Nigeria) is a content creator, social media influencer and motivational speaker. <!--My name is Emmanuella Oluwafunmilayo Ford or Funmi (Foo-Me) Ford. You can also call me Emma Ford. I am Nigerian born but moved to the United States at eight years old. I graduated from Auburn Montgomery with a liberal arts degree and am currently pursing a Masters in English. I worked in corporate America for years until I became a f...")
- 10:25, 23 March 2024 Rufus Billups (hist | edit) [4,968 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rufus L. Billups''' (born January 7, 1928 in Birmingham; died January 30, 1996) was a major general in the U.S. Air Force. Billups was the son of Edward and Christine Sims Billups of Collegeville. He graduated from Parker High School and completed his bachelor of science at Tuskegee Institute in 1949. As a member of the school's Reserve Officers' Training Corps he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Air For...")
- 09:57, 23 March 2024 Horizon Church (hist | edit) [1,665 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Horizon Church''' is an Assemblies of God congregation located at 2345 Columbiana Road at the top of Shades Mountain in Vestavia Hills. The congreation was first organized in 1939 as the '''Norwood Assembly of God''' in Birmingham by Rev. D. H. Brown. After initially worshiping above a store at 25th Street North and 12th Avenue North, it purchased a building at 20th Street North and...")
- 08:07, 23 March 2024 The Church at GrantsMill (hist | edit) [1,214 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Church at GrantsMill''' was founded as '''First Baptist Church of Irondale''' and has also been known as '''Irondale Baptist Church'''. It is located at 6001 Old Leeds Road, in Irondale. Its previous building was at the corner of 2nd Avenue South and 20th Street South in central Irondale. Its brick Romanesque-revival sanctuary on that site was dedicated on July 22, 1956. Ground was brok...")
- 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) [467 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) [1,594 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 [...")