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University of Alabama at Birmingham running back Gregory Bryant, found shot in South Florida, has been declared brain-dead, police say. According to the Associated Press, Bryant, 21, was driving on Interstate 95 when he was shot. He was found around 4:45 a.m. Saturday. Passenger Maurice Grover, 25, was hospitalized with minor injuries. West Palm Beach, Fla., police spokeswoman Lori Colombino said that Bryant was declared brain-dead at 1 p.m. Sunday and the shooting has been classified as a homicide. Bryant began his career at Notre Dame, where he rushed for 303 yards and three touchdowns. He left before the 2015 season after he was ruled academically ineligible. He enrolled in ASA College in Florida and was living in a hotel room in Miami while going to school. In 2014 UAB ended football at the school, citing a lack of financial support. But in 2015 the school announced that it was bringing football back in the 2017 season, and Bryant was its biggest recruit. Bryant was allowed to … [Read more...] about UAB Football Player Declared Brain-Dead After Being Shot

After an encounter with police on Saturday night, 17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson was left with bruises and a bloody, swollen face. BuzzFeed News reported officials in Troy, AL, are investigating the matter after Wilkerson’s mother posted on Facebook that her son had a fracture and had to be transported to University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham for surgery. “He had trauma to the brain, swelling on the brain, and a cracked eye socket in three different places,” Wilkerson’s father, Ulysses Wilkerson, Jr., told a local CBS news affiliate. In her now-viral Facebook post, Wilkerson’s mother, Angela Williams, asked for body and dash cam footage of her son’s encounter with police. Officials said police officers approached him in downtown Troy walking behind a closed business on Saturday night and the 17-year-old ran. “City of Troy Police Chief Randall Barr requested the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conduct an independent … [Read more...] about Family of Black Teenager Allegedly Brutalized by Alabama Police Demands Answers (UPDATED)

Hadiyah-Nicole Green likens her story to that of The Little Engine That Could. The 34-year-old assistant professor is the first in her family to go to college, let alone earn a doctorate. She’s also broken ground at her alma mater as the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And by now, you’ve probably heard that Green is the recipient of a $1.1 million grant to develop a cancer treatment. This woman is on fire. But despite her many accolades and recent celebrity—well, at least among black Americans—what stands out most is her humility and determination. She radiates a positive aura, even when discussing past adversity. Over the phone, she beams. “The lessons learned, the heartaches, the struggles. I know that I wouldn’t be where I’m at now if I hadn’t gone through those things,” says Green. No matter the difficulty, she counts her past experiences as … [Read more...] about A Story of Perseverance: Hadiyah-Nicole Green Shares Her Path to a Million-Dollar Research Grant