FILE - 1954 file photos of the newly opened A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama. The motel would become famous as a meeting place for Dr. Martin Luther King and other civil rights era leaders.

U.S. Marshals have arrested a man in New York City wanted in connection with a March homicide in Nashville. Omeed Yahya Esmail, 39, is charged with criminal homicide and will be returned to Nashville ...

We Publish News 24/7. Don’t Miss A Story. AG Gaston Motel – via Google *On a momentous Tuesday (02-25-25) in Birmingham (Alabama), the A.G. Gaston Motel—one of the foundational sites of the ...

The A.G. Motel in Birmingham was declared a historical site in 2017 by President Barrack Obama. The A.G. Motel is celebrating the grand opening of its Black-owned coffee shop on Feb. 25. Housed ...

A Juneteenth event will be hosted at the historic A.G. Gaston Motel on Thursday. The Harlem Cold Brew will be sold from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Juneteenth ...

That is what University of Alabama at Birmingham alumna Traci Jones is able to provide as Park Ranger for the A.G. Gaston Motel, located within Birmingham’s Civil Rights District. Jones, who graduated ...