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“The amazing aftermath of Birmingham, the sweeping Negro Revolution, revealed to people all over the land that there are no outsiders in all these fifty states of America. When a police dog buried his fangs in the ankle of a small child in Birmingham, he buried his fangs in the ankle of every American. The bell of man's inhumanity to man does not toll for any one man. It tolls for you, for me, for all of us.”
Martin Luther King Jr.“My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It's not just the job. A lot of people don't get that. My life is here.”
Nick Saban“What’s the biggest problem facing teenagers today? Ourselves. We’re a generation of lazy underachievers who need to learn that hard work pays off. What’s your town known for? Cow manure! Hold for laughs... Actually Irondale is the setting of Fannie Flagg’s famous novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. Why’d you enter the Junior Miss Birmingham pageant? To win... to go to State... then Nationals... maybe get the hell out of Alabama.”
Nadria Tucker, The Heaviest Corner on Earth“Push to achieve your dreams. Don't let anyone push you out of dreamland.”
Christy Birmingham“You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious activity of the streets.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me“I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.”
David Harewood“I believe we as humans are meant to have a bond and a connection with all of life itself, and our animals are trying to open our hearts to it.”
Catherine Louise Birmingham“Sometimes all it takes is one person to speak their truth. Speak yours.”
Catherine Louise Birmingham