Birmingham Times
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Publisher | Samuel Martin |
| Editor | Barnett Wright |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Headquarters | 115 3rd Avenue West Birmingham, Alabama |
| Website | www |
The Birmingham Times is a weekly African-American newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama.
History
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2] Lewis stated that he wanted the Times to be "committed to covering the fullness and totality of life, not just the controversial and political."[2]
The paper was sold to Lewis's son James in 1998 with Cheryl Eldridge staying on as the editor in chief.[3][4] 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.[1] The Alabama Power Foundation is the primary funder of FPJ.[1][5]
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