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 ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Public Library will host a reception on Dec. 16 for artist Cindy Free’s “Volumes in Bronze: A Sculptor’s Library of Movements” exhibition. Some of the bronze ...

Birmingham's venerable public library is answering the call and reaching out -- delivering sought-after research to women from California to Tennessee to Florida on topics ranging from immigration to ...

Word Up! Poetry Festival” will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Central Library downtown on. Student teams and ...

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 ...

Alva said it was the first time any English attraction outside London had made it into the list. In getting there, the library pipped to the post other prestigious contenders such as London's British ...

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 ...

The next stage of the branding for the new multi-million pound Birmingham Library has been unveiled by KLM. The brand identity will make its first appearance on the hoardings surrounding the Centenary ...

The controversial demolition of Birmingham's Central Library begins on Monday. But while the city council considers the building to have served its time, those who fought to save the library had ...

A record 100,000 people visited the £188 million Library of Birmingham during the Commonwealth Games period from July 28 to August 8. But that total also equates to the plummeting number of books ...

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 ...

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