Since the fall of 2019, one floor of John England Jr. Hall has been a space where a small group of freshmen women of color have been able to forge a home away from home through Lucy’s Legacy, an academic living-learning community for women of color. Lucy’s Legacy is one of the 16 academic and shared interest living-learning communities the University offers.

Named in honor of Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to attend The University of Alabama, Lucy’s Legacy supports and enriches

Sella-Granata Art Gallery began its fall exhibition season last Thursday, Sept. 8, with the opening of an exhibition from Kathy Rodriguez — a University of New Orleans instructor, art critic and TEN artists’ collective founding member.

The exhibition, entitled “Ruminations,” features 15 pieces of work, both two and three-dimensional, that follow a chronological journey of Rodriguez’s growth over the last few years.

Rodriguez said the exhibition developed out of a series of drawings she began a

Editor’s note: to protect students’ and families’ privacy, we have chosen to refer to students and their families by first name only.

Last Friday evening, in Birmingham, Alabama, parents, guardians and friends sat under sparkling rows of string lights, waiting in joyous anticipation for the ’s inaugural graduation ceremony.

Charity Jackson, Magic City’s chief academic officer, stood center stage in front of a ring of white, gray and purple balloons. Mike Wilson, the school’s founding principal

While making lighthearted conversation about classes and clubs, eight Vestavia Hills High School students and their two Advanced Placement U.S. history teachers carried 4,000 books in cardboard boxes into the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development for its 16th annual Books for the Black Belt donation drive.

The drive, which began in January and wrapped up at the end of March, aims to distribute gently used classics and other required texts to K-12 students in the 13 counties that