That’s one of the things that Left in Alabama contributor Redeye learned recently and decided to share with the popular blog’s readers…
…and now we invite you to head on over there and learn it, Alabama’s state motto and the reason why the phrase “Heart of Dixie” is on all of the state’s license plates for yourself.
That would be the best way to describe the ceremony scheduled to take place at noon today in Birmingham’s Kelly Ingram Park. Today a plaque will be installed honoring the ministers that inspired the Ministers Kneeling statue.
Photo: Preachers praying. acnatta/Flickr.
Participants in the rededication ceremony will include representatives from Mayor Larry Langford’s office; Mrs. Fred Shuttlesworth; Ms. Odessa Woolfolk; Bonita Conley, famed operatic and gospel singer; plus members of the families of the ministers whose actions in 1963 inspired the statue – Rev. N. H. Smith Jr. of New Baptist Church, Rev. A.D. King of First Baptist Church of Ensley and Rev. John T. Porter of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. Today’s Birmingham News provides the background story about why today’s ceremony is taking place.
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Tagged 35203, ceremony, Civil Rights, downtown, Kelly Ingram Park, Ministers Kneeling, rededication, statue
As The Birmingham News points out, one of the most overlooked portions of Lehman Brothers history is that is got its start just down the road in Montgomery. The other thing lost in the noise of the announcement is the fact that only one portion of the company has filed for Chapter 11. So maybe there’s a chance (weil, maybe) – though it’s not looking that good…
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Tagged Alabama, connection, Lehman Brothers, Montgomery, news article
Photo: Four Girls Memorial. acnatta/Flickr
A marker now stands at the corner of 16th Street and 6th Avenue North as a permanent reminder to the Birmingham community (and the world) about the events that took place at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 45 years ago today. Services were held yesterday at the church to mark the completion of the historic church’s exterior rehabilitation, including the dedication of the new marker, with images representing the four girls killed in the bombing of the church, and the recently installed replacement neon sign.
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Tagged 16th Street Baptist Church, AL, Alabama, anniversary, Birmingham
Screenshot of Rebuild Bethel campaign website.
We haven’t heard a lot about historic Bethel Baptist Church in recent months – the historic building granted National Historic Landmark status in 2005 – not the congregation’s current structure – despite a pledge by Mayor Langford to provide up to $1 million in city funds towards its renovation. Hopefully that will change in the near future as efforts to complete this project continue in the city’s Collegeville neighborhood.
Posted in architecture, history, Take a moment
Tagged AL, Alabama, Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Campaign, Collegeville, Fred Shuttlesworth, renovation, revitalization, Take a moment, website
Joe Minter’s The Slave Ship. André Natta/The Terminal
This is one of the many pieces created by Joe Minter that will be discussed during the last installment of Vulcan Park’s Collective Perspectives series beginning with cocktails and socializing at 5 p.m. in their visitors center. This calendar listing provides additional information about Emily Hannah’s presentation about the long-time Titusville resident.
If you really can’t come out, then check out Charles’ thoughts about that office park that you drive by on the way home… you know, the one on 280 – or do you? Though we think you should come out and enjoy that time you’d be sitting in traffic with us at Vulcan.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Black History Month, Collective Perspectives, conclusion, February 26, Joe Minter, lecture, series, Vulcan Park
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