By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Mister Melvin Jones-Conley. Jones-Conley is a music teacher for Tuscaloosa City Schools and started playing the violin…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Bryce Christopher Young. Young is the current quarterback for The University of Alabama where he holds…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. Lorenzo Bonner. Bonner is the senior pastor of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Brian Robinson Jr. Robinson grew up in Tuscaloosa and attended Hillcrest High School. He is a senior running back for the University of Alabama…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Aubrey Ellis. Ellis is a licensed clinical social worker within Tuscaloosa City Schools and served as…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller A new exhibit at the Paul W. Bryant Museum called "Breaking Barriers" celebrates important individuals, such as Wendell Hudson, the first Black…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Mister Roland Lewis. Lewis is the senior district executive and director of scouting outreach for the…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Cynthia Miles-Peebles. Miles-Peebles is a retired educator and president of the Tuscaloosa Education Retiree Association. She…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Quin Kelly. Kelly is a graduate of Stillman College where he served as student government president.…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor JacQuan Winters. Winters is the author of two children's books teaching positivity. He is also a…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor George Daniels. Daniels is an associate professor at The University of Alabama. It's currently his 19th…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. Tyshawn Gardner. Gardner serves as the senior pastor at Plum Grove Baptist Church and the…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. William McDowell. McDowell is the pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. He serves on…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Gracie Johnson The University of Alabama's Intercultural Diversity Center is honoring Black History Month by partnering with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute for an exhibition. One Little Girl:…
WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Paul Rollins Jr. Rollins is a local funeral director and the second-generation co-owner of Rollins' Mortuary. He serves on the boards of…
WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Laquisha Chandler. Chandler organized a COVID relief essentials drive for residents in West Tuscaloosa who were financially affected by the pandemic. She…
Black-owned businesses like King's Kitchen on Hargrove Road in Tuscaloosa can be the heart and soul of any community, so it's hard to imagine businesses like it have a hard time…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Doctor Brittney Anderson. Dr. Anderson completed her family medicine residency at The University of Alabama. She…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Coach Antoine Pettway. Pettway is currently in his 14th season as The University of Alabama's assistant…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter A'Leeyah Ponder One Tuscaloosan has spent a good portion of her life collecting and compiling lessons and memorabilia showcasing national and local Black history events, and she's…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. Paul Wiley Sanders Sr. Sanders is the senior pastor at a Greater Christian Fellowship…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. David Gay Jr. Gay is the senior pastor of the Beulah Baptist Church…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. Ransey O'Daniel. O'Daniel is the senior pastor of Christ Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa and it…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Phyllis Simon. Simon is from Tuscaloosa and her love for children has led her to become…
