Word: birmingham
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...CARRY ME HOME A white native of Birmingham, Ala., Diane McWhorter was 10 in 1963, roughly the same age as the four black girls killed in her hometown's notorious church bombing. Her adult questions about her father's hostility toward the civil rights movement has led to a comprehensive, fast-paced history of that era and its tangled racial animosities...
Carry Me Home A white native of Birmingham, Ala., Diane McWhorter was 10 in 1963, roughly the same age as the four black girls killed in her hometown's notorious church bombing. Her adult questions about her father's hostility toward the civil rights movement has led to a comprehensive, fast-paced history of that era and its tangled racial animosities...
...another year, the Massachusetts legislature has been unable to approve a budget on time. By finishing five months late, the huge cuts in human services programs made necessary by the economic decline will be concentrated in a shorter period of time. Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham ’72 and House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran bear responsibility for the undemocratic, closed-door negotiations that resulted in this flawed budget...
...bigger challenge may be for these communities to understand each other. Heightened interest in religion, and Islam in particular, means that "we have the chance for interfaith dialogue," says Mohammed Naseem, chairman of Birmingham's Central Mosque. Interfaith discussions, whether formal or informal, among leaders or in the media, are ways "we can develop more harmonious relationships...
...later set off controlled explosions at a deserted farmhouse near Leeds. Police said the Real I.R.A., which opposes a Northern Ireland cease-fire, were the main suspects in recent attacks in Birmingham and West London. PAKISTAN A Miracle Rescue for Afghan Aid Workers Eight aid workers arrested by the Taliban in August on charges of promoting Christianity were freed last week after the city of Ghazni fell to Northern Alliance troops. Taliban forces took the two Americans, two Australians and four Germans with them in the retreat from Kabul. Abandoned in Ghazni, the workers were picked up by Northern Alliance...