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Regions Bank Announces $75K Grant for BCRI

regions.com Regions Bank today announced a $75,000 grant for the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), a cultural and educational research center that chronicles the visual and oral history of both the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and the fight for greater human rights around the world. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on BCRI revenues. While the […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

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