Word: birmingham
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Angry white males burned down the church in Birmingham. An angry white male killed Dr. King," Jackson added...
...Supreme Court refused to hear two heatedaffirmative-action cases, leaving intact a pair of reverse-discrimination decisions that favored whites. In the first case, white Birmingham, Ala., firefighters successfully objected to 14 city promotions of blacks, complaining that they had been "passed over" despite scoring higher on the promotion exams. A U.S. appeals court had struck down Birmingham's quota plan as unconstitutional. In the second case, the justices let a white man collect $425,000 from a Pittsburgh company he accused of denying him a promotion because of his race. Though many Court-watchers are looking for signs...
...signed by the Chicago White Sox (whose owner, not coincidentally, also happens to own the Chicago Bulls) to a minor league contract and sent to the Double A Birmingham Barons to work on his basic skills...
...funny thing happened. Jordan stayed with the game well beyond the novelty stage. He went down to play for the Birmingham (Alabama) Barons of the Class AA Southern League, and though his batting average hovered around .200 for most of the summer, his swing got better. He had big-league speed, and his outfielding wasn't shabby. He could rightfully claim to be a player, if not a particularly good or young one. His presence helped league attendance, of course, but it also helped baseball in general. Hey, if Michael Jordan likes the game enough to stick it out during...
...months Jordan toiled in Birmingham, the NBA became a league without direction...