Sherri Jackson, WIAT CBS 42: ‘We Can Affect Change by Telling People’s Stories’

By Javacia Harris Bowser | For the Birmingham Times
It’s a winter Wednesday morning, and Sherri Jackson is sipping hot mocha at Alicia’s Coffee in Birmingham’s Civil Rights district. In a few hours she’ll head to WIAT CBS 42, where she serves as an evening anchor, telling the stories of Birmingham’s communities. But first she shared a story of her own, a story that began at 16th Street Baptist Church, just a few blocks from where she now sits.
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