The Birmingham Black Radio Museum
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The Birmingham Black Radio Museum
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"The only Black radio history museum in the United States."
Visit often, as we digitize more of the collection and make it available online.
Please view "A Radio Hero" on our blog
Thank you for visiting the BBRM. We welcome your responses to the collections in the comments on the item pages, or by email to thebbrm@gmail.com
If you are able to donate, please click on the "Donate" link in our side bar on the left and make a tax deductible donation to support our work.
Featured
Featured Exhibit
Black Women in Radio
At the mike and behind the scenes, Black women have been in Black radio from the start. Roberta Roland was...
Featured Collection
Oral History Collection
A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.
Featured Collection
Ephemera Collection
In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the…
Featured Item
Erskine Faush, Penny Postcard Contest at WENN
Box 4 Folder 18: "We’re up to number, folder number 18, which is a picture of Erskine Faush in front of a tremendous amount of what look like…
Featured Item
7th Annual WJLD Platter Queen Contest
Box 5 Folder 3: "This is folder 3 from 1967. It is the 7th annual platter queen contest, 1966-67. And we know that Alfreda Dorsey is the person…
Recently Added Items
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Gwendolyn Webb, Oral History
Minister Gwendolyn Cook Webb (b. February 15, 1949) (G) - a lifelong resident of Birmingham, Alabama, “Gwen” graduated from Western Olin High School…
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Faush Collection Finding Aid
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Collins "Bo" Berry, Oral History
Collins “Bo” Berry, a much loved horn player in the tradition of be bop jazz, “Bo” - as his many fans call him - was born in Homewood’s Rosedale…
Featured Item
Steve Murry, Oral History
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Doris Gary, Oral History
Doris Gary (b. 1933) lived across the street from the Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in the Collegeville section of Birmingham during the…
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Eloise Gaffney, Oral History
Eloise Gaffney (b.Sept 21, 1948). A marvelous singer and choir director, Eloise Gaffney joined Fred Shuttlesworth's movement - the Alabama Christian…
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Skip to main content
"The only Black radio history museum in the United States."
Visit often, as we digitize more of the collection and make it available online.
Please view "A Radio Hero" on our blog
Thank you for visiting the BBRM. We welcome your responses to the collections in the comments on the item pages, or by email to thebbrm@gmail.com
If you are able to donate, please click on the "Donate" link in our side bar on the left and make a tax deductible donation to support our work.
Featured
Featured Exhibit
Black Women in Radio
At the mike and behind the scenes, Black women have been in Black radio from the start. Roberta Roland was...
Featured Collection
Oral History Collection
A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.
Featured Collection
Ephemera Collection
In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the…
Featured Item
Erskine Faush, Penny Postcard Contest at WENN
Box 4 Folder 18: "We’re up to number, folder number 18, which is a picture of Erskine Faush in front of a tremendous amount of what look like…
Featured Item
7th Annual WJLD Platter Queen Contest
Box 5 Folder 3: "This is folder 3 from 1967. It is the 7th annual platter queen contest, 1966-67. And we know that Alfreda Dorsey is the person…
Recently Added Items
Featured Item
Gwendolyn Webb, Oral History
Minister Gwendolyn Cook Webb (b. February 15, 1949) (G) - a lifelong resident of Birmingham, Alabama, “Gwen” graduated from Western Olin High School…
Featured Item
Faush Collection Finding Aid
Featured Item
Collins "Bo" Berry, Oral History
Collins “Bo” Berry, a much loved horn player in the tradition of be bop jazz, “Bo” - as his many fans call him - was born in Homewood’s Rosedale…
Featured Item
Steve Murry, Oral History
Featured Item
Doris Gary, Oral History
Doris Gary (b. 1933) lived across the street from the Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in the Collegeville section of Birmingham during the…
Featured Item
Eloise Gaffney, Oral History
Eloise Gaffney (b.Sept 21, 1948). A marvelous singer and choir director, Eloise Gaffney joined Fred Shuttlesworth's movement - the Alabama Christian…
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