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 ...

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 ...

After more than a year of planning, the Birmingham Public Library is ready to reveal its new bookmobile—a vehicle designed to offer traveling library services across the city of Birmingham. In 2021, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Public Library is hosting a book talk-signing event with the city’s mayor, Randall Woodfin, on Jan. 24. Woodfin will be discussing “Son of Birmingham” with ...

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 ...

When voters cast their ballots in the 2017 election for the Baldwin Public Library Board of Trustees, they will have a choice between four candidates to fill three seats on the board. Incumbents Frank ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate Birmingham’s city library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died. The library and an obituary say Shelly Millender Jr. of ...