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Alabama is home to a long list of renowned black figures, from George Washington Carver to Nat King Cole to Jesse Owens, but it is perhaps best remembered for Selma and Birmingham and some of the most violent civil-rights skirmishes of the 20th century. Much has changed since the turbulent Sixties, but there is still only one African American from Alabama in Congress. Despite a Democratic surge during the Wallace era, voters in the Camellia State still lean toward the g.o.p. as space-age communities like Huntsville grow and heavy industry, attracted by the state's red, iron-filled...
BORN: July 22, 1965, Haleyville EDUCATION: Birmingham Southern U, B.A., 1987; Samford U, J.D., 1990 FAMILY: Wife, Caroline RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Municipal judge; lawyer; gubernatorial aide POLITICAL CAREER: Republican nominee for Alabama House, 1990 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1158, Haleyville...
Quoting King's "Letter From Birmingham Jail," Reed said, "A just law is a man-made law that conforms with the law of Nature...
...unlike the 1946 parade, where local politicians delivered a round of stump speeches at the parade's end, this year's parade had no overt politicking--even in a presidential election year. Participating in the parade were State Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham '72 (D-Chelsea), State Senator Robert E. Travaglini (D-Cambridge) and U.S. Rep Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Cambridge), among others...
...unlike the 1946 parade, where local politicians delivered a round of stump speeches at the parade's end, this year's parade had no overt politicking--even in a presidential election year. Participating in the parade were State Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham '72 (D-Chelsea), State Senator Robert E. Travaglini (D-Cambridge) and U.S. Rep Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Cambridge), among others...