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2013 marks the (semi)centenaries of several major Civil Rights milestones March on Washington, Aug 28, 1963 Malcolm X Related Links Black History Month African American History…Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, 2000 News
were charged in May with the 1963 murder of four black girls who died in the fiery explosion of Birmingham, Alabama's 16th Street Baptist Church. The bombing is considered the most heinous…Bobby Frank Cherry, 2001 News
former member of the Ku Klux Klan, was convicted in May of the 1963 murder of four black girls who died in the fiery explosion of the Birmingham, Alabama, 16th Street Baptist Church. The…Fred Shuttlesworth Biography
Fred Shuttlesworthcivil rights activist, ministerBorn: 3/18/1922Birthplace: Mugler, Ala.Died: 10/5/2011 As pastor of Birmingham, Alabama's First Baptist Church, Shuttlesworth organized the…Taylor Hicks
Singer Taylor Hicks won the 2006 edition of the TV talent show American Idol: The Search for a Superstar. Like 2003's winner, Ruben Studdard, Hicks calls Birmingham, Alabama his hometown. Hicks went…Colin Powell Biography
Colin Powellformer Secretary of State, retired generalBorn: April 5, 1937Birthplace: New York, New York Powell's parents, Luther and Maud Powell, were Jamaican immigrants who lived in the…Condoleezza Rice Biography
Condoleezza RiceSecretary of State, professor, diplomatBorn: 11/14/1954Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama Rice became President George W. Bush's second Secretary of State in January 2005,…George HUDDLESTON, Congress, AL (1869-1960)
HUDDLESTON George , a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 11, 1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon…Angela Davis
Writer and activist Angela Davis first came to national prominence in the late 1960s, and for two months in 1970 she was on the F.B.I.'s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. She has since earned her…Courteney Cox-Arquette
Courteney Cox-Arquette actress Born: 6/15/1964 Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama Actress best known for…Trending
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