Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Publisher | Samuel Martin |
Editor | Barnett Wright |
Founded | 1964 |
Headquarters | 115 3rd Avenue West Birmingham, Alabama |
Website |
birminghamtimes |
The Birmingham Times is a weekly African-American newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama.
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] [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] [5] 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]