Birmingham Nears New Century Embracing Modern America
In a profile by Roy Reed Birmingham, once tagged Bombingham and dubbed the most segregated city, shows shifts toward mainstream America. Leaders note white progressives and blacks in politics, rising skyline, medical growth, new universities, and a completed expressway as signs of change.
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Roy Reed
New York Times
Birmingham
Boston
William R
Hartford
Woods
Mrs. Lysinger
Bombingham
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Dallas
Memphis
Los Angeles
Detroit
Watts
My Lai
Attica
George G. Seibels Jr
Birmingham Transforms Amid Race Gains And Growth
Birmingham's shift over the past decade shows expanded black political power with Dr. Richard Arrington and a 5 to 4 council balance, a first black judge, new corporate investment, and a booming university and medical center. The city reports pollution reductions, a $35 million civic center, tall office towers, and a push toward arts and education while white leaders remain cautious about lingering desegregation issues.
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Peter A. Hall
Seibels
Birmingham
Word Tricks and Slang in Plain English
The piece discusses sophomores and seniors using slang like groovy and far out, corrects a grammar example about those who are pessimistic, defines shibboleth from its biblical roots, and recounts password tricks used in World War II to prevent enemy infiltration.
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Birmingham
Gilead
Jordan
Maxwell Nurnberg
Morris Rosenblum
Bataan
Lallaparoosa
Rarraparoosa
Armis
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the Decatur Daily
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
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David Vann
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Angie Grooms Proctor
Jamie Moore
Community Affairs Committee
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Vulcan
Red Mountain
Tutwiler
Ralph Bunche
Kelly Ingram
Birmingham—Symphony
City Art Museum
Thomas Eakins
Andrew Wyeth
Winslow Homer
University of Alabama In
Tuscaloosa
U.S. Steel
University Medical Center
University
Emory Jackson
Birmingham World
American Friends Service Committee
Charles Morgan ., Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
David Roberts
George C. Wallace
Alabama State Council On the Arts
Wallace
Mrs. Roberts
Birmingham Medical Center
Legion Field
Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
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