BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) will honor Women’s History Month with its popular program, “The Women Gather: An Evening of Poetry and Music” on Thursday, March 27, at 6 p.m. in Woods Community Meeting Room. The event is free and open to the public.
Local poets and singers featured in ‘The Women Gather,” include Shaunteka Latrese Curry, Evelyn Dilworth Williams, Wafiyyah El-Amin, Shirley Ferrill, Mimi Latoine, Lockhart Dance Company, LaQuita Middleton-Holmes, Sanovia Williams, Latirsha “Fee-Fee” Redmon, Laura Secord and Ama Shambuli. Priscilla Hancock Cooper, poet and BCRI Vice President of Institutional Programs, will perform and host the event. For more information, call 205-328-9696 x 233.
The public celebration of women’s history in the United State began in 1978 as “Women’s History Week” in Sonoma County, California. The week including March 8, International Women’s Day, was selected. In 1981, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) co-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming a national Women’s History Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the celebration to a month, and March was declared Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment.”
For the last 19 years, BCRI has proudly celebrated Women’s History Month with special programs, forums and conferences. BCRI is located at 520 Sixteenth Street North, Birmingham. Guests are asked to please use the main entrance at Sixteenth Street North for admittance to the program.
