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Bombingham is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965. [1] The bombings were initially used against African Americans attempting to move into neighborhoods with entirely white residents.
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign. In response, local African-Americans burned businesses and fought police throughout the downtown area.
Birmingham's nickname "The Pittsburgh of the South" recalls the historical importance of the steel industry in both cities. This history is the focus of the Sloss Furnaces historical site in Birmingham. Alabaster – The City for Families [3] Albertville – The Fire Hydrant Capital of the World [4] [5] [6] Anniston – The Model City [7]
McWhorter grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and recounts being about the same age as the girls killed in the September 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, though she "was growing up on the wrong side of the revolution". While four black girls were murdered in that day's bombing, McWhorter recalls that the only repercussion of the ...
Name Stories Height Shipt Tower: 34: 454 ft (138 m) ... The Memoir of Birmingham, Alabama's First African American Mayor, University of Alabama Press, 2008. ISBN 978 ...
Odetta was born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama. [1] Her father, Reuben Holmes, had died when she was young, and in 1937 she and her mother, Flora Sanders, moved to Los Angeles. When Flora remarried a man called Zadock Felious, Odetta took her stepfather's last name. [5]
The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham (Birmingham, 1886) 1887 Pocket Business Directory and Guide to Birmingham, Ala . 1887. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012 – via Birmingham Public Library.
Counties of Alabama Alabama counties (clickable map) Location State of Alabama Number 67 Populations Greatest: 662,895 (Jefferson) Least: 7,341 (Greene) Average: 76,246 (2023) Areas Largest: 1,590 sq mi (4,100 km 2) (Baldwin) Smallest: 535 sq mi (1,390 km 2) (Etowah) Average: 782 sq mi (2,030 km 2) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census ...