Birmingham News

As communities settle into the summer season, local libraries continue serving as welcoming spaces for learning, creativity and connection. In this edition of Alabama Out Loud, APR’s Aydan Conchin highlights free library programs, summer reading events and community activities happening across Alabama.

The City of Birmingham has announced their partners who will facilitate the safe sleep pilot program. After a nationwide search, Faith Chapel Care Center and Urban Alchemy were selected to assist the city with this new program to assist with the Homes For All initiative which will provide micro-shelters and other services to help homeless people in the city.

Rickwood Field is the country's oldest professional ballpark and former home of the Birmingham Barons and Black Barons. Now it will host two Major League teams on June 20, 2024.

For more of Alabama Public Radio's award-winning work on the civil rights movement, click below. APR's civil rights coverage is international in scope. In…