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DIED. BOBBY FRANK CHERRY, 74, former Ku Klux Klan member convicted in 2002 for the deadly 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.; of cancer; at the Kilby Correctional Facility near Montgomery. The attack, which followed the desegregation of Birmingham's schools and for which two of Cherry's associates were also convicted, killed four black girls...
...some extent this happened. Barrett B. Jackson ’06, of Birmingham, Al., would send me, of what has been called the People’s Republic of Takoma Park, Md., an e-mail with an opinion piece published in a major newspaper expressing the “other side” of the big November question. I would promise to read the article, send her one of my own, and accidentally never reciprocate...
...Columbia grad, he enjoys Ivy League football despite the Lions’ traditional futility. A Birmingham, Ala. native, he has rooted for the Alabama Crimson Tide his entire life...
...rumor was that either Houston-based Southwest Bancorporation of Texas or Texas Regional Bancshares, based in McAllen, Texas, might get poached. Both remain available. To the east, Florida is hot with deposits from transplanted retirees. In June Wachovia, based in Charlotte, N.C., announced it would buy SouthTrust, based in Birmingham, N.C., which has a major Florida franchise. Many banks have already seen their stock prices bid up, which makes them less attractive. Still, targets could include First National Bancshares, based in Bradenton, Fla., and Tallahassee-based Capital City Bank Group. Other banks with a large presence in the state, such...
...around a central courtyard and each housed upward of 10 people. They became a byword for squalor until 1966 when they were finally declared unfit for habitation. Their rehabilitation began in 1988 when they were listed as historical monuments, and restoration of 54 Inge Street was initiated by the Birmingham Conservation Trust...