One of Birmingham’s founding civil rights sites, the historic A.G. Gaston Motel, celebrated the next step of its restoration Tuesday with the opening of Alicia’s Coffee in its main building. Coffee ...

Is Birmingham’s Civil Rights History on the DOGE chopping block? The sell off of federal buildings and historic monuments ...

Bob Dickerson is putting his legacy to work with the A.G. Gaston Conference. Now in its 21st year, it not only honors the legacy of Gaston but teaches the methods of a man who bui ...

Alicia’s Coffee recently inked a deal to operate the A.G. Gaston Motel Coffee Shop and has since opened. Naimah Alicia Elmore ...

From humble beginnings to the A.G. Gaston Motel. When Naimah Elmore and her business partner, Roc, decided to go into the coffee business together, they had no idea that they'd become the motel's ...

Melton was killed in 2023. He was a Birmingham firefighter on duty when shots were fired into Fire Station 9. Melton was ...

Built in 1954, the A.G. Gaston Motel was a meeting place for civil rights leaders. It is a key site of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, which was established in 2017 by President Barack ...

In this interview, author Marie Sutton shares how her book, "The A.G. Gaston Motel in: A Civil Rights Landmark," came to be ...

The Jordan E. Melton Empowerment & Mentorship Society hosted the 2nd Annual Jordan E. Melton Safety Summit on February 28, ...

Fallen Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton was shot while working at a Birmingham fire station. He died a few days later.

Organizers featured a spotlight on Black journalists. Several longtime journalists, including CBS 42 evening news anchor Sherri Jackson, received a special recognition for covering.