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Newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama
The Birmingham Times
front page of BT, August 15, 2020
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Type
| Weekly newspaper
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Publisher
| Samuel Martin
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Editor
| Barnett Wright
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Founded
| 1964
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Headquarters
| 115 3rd Avenue West Birmingham, Alabama
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Website
| birminghamtimes
.com
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The
Birmingham Times
is a weekly
African-American newspaper
published in
Birmingham, Alabama
.
History
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The newspaper was founded in 1964 by Jesse Lewis Sr. in order to give the local Black community a greater voice during the civil rights struggle.
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Lewis wanted to provide an alternative to the
News and Post-Herald
, which only mentioned Black people in a negative light, and the
Birmingham World
, which Lewis felt only focused on discrimination.
[3]
The paper did not own its own printing press and sometimes struggled with getting their printer to print the paper because of its anti-segregation stance.
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Lewis stated that he wanted the
Times
to be "committed to covering the fullness and totality of life, not just the controversial and political."
[3]
The paper was sold to Lewis's son James in 1998 with Cheryl Eldridge staying on as the editor in chief.
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In 2019 the paper was sold to The Foundation for Progress in Journalism (FPJ), a non-profit created honoring Lewis, with the aim to promote minorities advancement in journalism.
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References
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a
b
Poe, Kelly (January 29, 2016).
"Birmingham Times sold to non-profit foundation, names new management"
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al
. Retrieved
August 15,
2020
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Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E. (1998).
African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography
. Mark Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. p. 19.
ISBN
978-0-674-00788-8
.
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a
b
c
Cobb, Mark Hughes.
"Jesse Lewis looks back on a life full of success"
.
Tuscaloosa News
. Gannett
. Retrieved
August 15,
2020
.
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Diel, Stan (April 8, 2013).
"Birmingham Times publisher James Lewis remembered as hard-working advocate for black community"
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al
. Retrieved
August 15,
2020
.
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"Jesse Lewis Sr"
.
2020 Bicentennial Alabama African American History Book Site
. December 23, 2014
. Retrieved
August 15,
2020
.
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