‘Four Little Girls’ Hits The Stage In Can’t Miss Alabama During Black History Month

By Shirley Jackson

Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival presents the “Four Little Girls” production through Feb. 13. Learn more about the lives of Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, and Addie Mae Collins, who died in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing during the civil rights movement. The recommended audience is 11 years and older.

Birmingham Public Library
The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group Inc. (BAAGG) will host the 20th annual Black Heritage Fair Saturday, Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Birmingham Public Library. This year’s theme is “The Great Migration North and West.” Exhibits, music, quilt shows, and art displays are free and open to the public.

Red Mountain Theatre Company
The Red Mountain Theatre Company presents “Memphis” Feb. 1-17. From the underground clubs of 1950s’ Memphis, Tennessee, comes the story of a white radio DJ wanting to change the world and a black club singer looking for her big break. Ticket prices start at $19. The RMTC is at 301 19th St. N. in Birmingham.

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Celebrate the history of African-Americans Feb. 1-28 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. See the Fred L. Shuttlesworth statue, tour the Human Rights Gallery and learn more about the history of African-Americans.

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