Antonio Boswell

Antonio Boswell of A.Boswell Media and Board Member at-large for the ASBCC, is the featured photographer for the 2023 Birmingham Jefferson County Black History Bus. The bus includes images of mothers of murdered sons and daughters. The bus will travel through Birmingham and Jefferson County neighborhoods throughout the year. The BJCTA aims to bring awareness and inspire positive change as the community works to Stop the Violence in the Name of Love. Antonio coordinated photo shoots in his Homewood, Alabama studio with the 10 featured mothers and also conducted interviews for video presentations

Congrats to David Person

ASBCC board member, journalist, podcast and documentary producer, for his creative producer role in the award winning podcast series “Finding Tamika”. “Finding Tamika,” released spring 2022 and it’s an immersive listen. It’s put together in the style of a neo-noir, true crime drama. Voices including actress/director Erika Alexander (her voice, rich with character), Rebkah Howard (Tamika’s aunt), other members of Huston’s family, Huston’s friends as well as South Carolina officials who worked the case, including Trey Gowdy, who went on to become a U.S. congressman and then a Fox News host. James T. Green oversaw post-production, including the vibey score and sound, with significant input from Alexander. Person’s role included sketching out the arc and breaking it up episodically. “Finding Tamika” ended up being around five hours long, told over 10 chapters, the majority of which are around 30 minutes each, with a seven-minute prologue and 54-minute epilogue. In early 2023, the “Finding Tamika” creative team traveled to New York for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards, perhaps the most prestigious award in journalism. “Finding Tamika” was honored along with projects from HBO, CNN, CBS News, PBS, Washington Post and other notable outlets. Like a Grammy winning album or Academy Award winning film, this kind of recognition will allow “Finding Tamika” to reach a wider audience.

Drake State Awarded $2.4 million Federal Grant to Connect Minority Communities to High-Speed Internet

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Drake State Community & Technical College received a $2.4 million grant award as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA), Connecting Minority Communities Pilot (CMCP) program, to help eliminate historical broadband and computer access inequities in and around Madison County, Alabama. Drake State applied for the competitive federal grant, along with more than 200 universities and colleges across the United States. Drake was one of the first five universities and the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to be awarded a CMCP grant by the federal government.

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