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 ...

Birmingham's venerable public library is answering the call and reaching out -- delivering sought-after research to women from California to Tennessee to Florida on topics ranging from immigration to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Birmingham’s new mega-library might be the last of its kind. But that won’t stop it from becoming a great public building, writes Jay Merrick. Photography by Christian Richters There is a modestly ...