Children’s Book on Birmingham’s First Black Mayor Penned UAB’s Hailey Mason
The Birmingham Times - 2024-04-11T05:12:19.000Z

Times staff report When looking for a children’s book on a local African American hero, Hailey Mason initially couldn’t find one on Richard Arrington Jr., Ph.D., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. “I volunteered at some local [Birmingham] elementary schools and I wanted to do a segment on local Black history figures and […] Read this story