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 Public Library is hosting its first Bards & Brews poetry slam of 2026 on Jan. 9. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at ...

The Birmingham Public Library and Books-A-Million are presenting an event featuring New York Times bestselling author and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- With a new logo and an Olympic champion, the Birmingham Public Library has launched a rebranding and awareness campaign. The "Champion for Learning'' campaign which launched this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Word Up! Poetry Festival” will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Central Library downtown on. Student teams and individuals competing can win $5,000 in cash prizes by sharing original spoken word ...