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About 'birmingham'|Chilling out in Birmingham with Staying Cool







About 'birmingham'|Chilling out in Birmingham with Staying Cool








               The               "Whites               Only"               and               "Colored               Only"               signs               can               only               be               found               in               Civil               Rights               museums               today               in               the               U.S.

As               the               nation               prepares               to               celebrate               Dr.

Martin               Luther               King,               Jr.'s               holiday               and               Black               History               Month,               we               must               not               become               so               caught               up               with               the               elaborate               events               and               articulate               guest               speakers               that               we               forget               about               "Bombingham".
               Separate               has               never               been               Equal.
               I               was               born               in               Birmingham,               Alabama               in               May               1963.

Seven               months               later,               the               nation               mourned               as               President               John               F.

Kennedy               was               assassinated.

When               I               was               just               six-years-old,               Dr.

Martin               Luther               King,               Jr.,               was               assassinated.

I               don't               remember               how               my               baby               crib               looked               (if               I               had               one),               but               I               crystal               clearly               remember               my               mother               telling               me               how               she               and               her               elementary               school               peers               had               to               look               down,               and               get               off               the               sidewalks               when               white               students               passed               by               them.

She               recalls               the               derogatory               regular               use               of               the               N-word               by               these               white               students               towards               black               children               (and               often               towards               black               men               and               women);               as               if               their               racist               actions               were               personally               sanctioned               by               the               U.S.

president.
               A               Change               Had               To               Come.
               Yet,               Birmingham               has               certainly               changed,               and               Jim               Crow               is               only               a               memory               that               some               Confederates               conjure               in               their               minds               when               they               remember               the               Old               South.

In               the               same               city               where               firehoses               were               used               to               control               "Colored"               protestors,               Oscar               Brennan               served               as               the               first               Black               Birmingham               Fire               Chief.
               In               the               same               city               where               three               little               black               girls               were               killed               in               the               16th               Street               Baptist               Church               bombing               that               shook               and               shocked               the               nation,               a               little               black               girl               named               Condoleezza               Rice               grew               up               to               become               the               first               black               woman               to               hold               the               post               of               National               Security               Adviser               to               former               President               George               W.

Bush,               and               the               first               black               women               to               serve               as               U.S.

Secretary               of               State.

Another               black               girl               who               lived               in               my               neighborhood,               named               Sundra               Escott-Russell               grew               up               to               become               the               first               Black               woman               in               the               Alabama               State               Senate.

A               third               black               girl               named               Bessie               Sears               Estelle               grew               up               to               become               the               first               Black               women               Birmingham               City               Councilor.
               In               the               same               city               where               Civil               Rights               protesters               from               across               the               nation               held               hands               and               sang               "We               Shall               Overcome",               Ruben               Studdard               became               the               first               black               male               winner               of               American               Idol.
               I               have               something               in               common               with               one               of               the               richest               black               man               in               Alabama,               who               now               lives               in               Florida.

I               graduated               from               the               University               of               Alabama               at               Birmingham               (UAB),               and               Donald               V.

Watkins,               Sr.,               graduated               from               the               University               of               Alabama               School               of               Law.

Watkins'               father               (late               Levi               Watkins)               served               as               a               longtime               president               of               Alabama               State               University               (ASU),               and               I               attended               ASU               as               a               graduate               student.
               However,               I               have               served               inner               city               students               as               an               educator               since               1992               enriching               the               lives               of               thousands               of               young               people,               and               Watkins               is               a               black               attorney,               investor               and               entrepreneur               whose               net               worth               has               been               estimated               as               high               as               $1.5               billion.

Success               can               often               be               measured               by               the               lives               you               enrich               or               the               riches               you               gain.

Neither               can               be               gained               unless               you               choose               to               serve.







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