50 Years Forward: 155 White Guys, the 1901 Constitution, and Birmingham’s Prosperity
Alabama David Sher’s “Comeback Town” has weighed in on Alabama’s 1901 Constitution. The 155 White guys who penned the 1901 Constitution are accused of creating […]
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Alabama’s 1901 Constitutional Convention
Alabama This excerpt comes from Wayne Flynt’s book, Alabama In The Twentieth Century: “Delegates set the tone for their proceedings by electing a corporation lawyer […]
50 Years Forward: Flight Delays In Birmingham
Alabama OD’s probe into the history of Birmingham since 1963 continues: “It was during that period that the Birmingham airport began delaying all air traffic […]
League of the South Members Clash With Occupy Communists
District of Corruption Naturally, it happened in Washington, DC: Update: Don’t miss this account of the battle.
Without Dixie
United States Let’s make it happen:
Alabama Nullifies Gun Control
Alabama Dump the Union. Problem solved. Note: Eric “My People” Holder is already threatening Kansas which has passed an identical law. “The state Senate passed […]
50 Years Forward: The Good News Never Ends
Alabama I’m saving this comment here before it is deleted by the Al.com moderator: From 1960 to 2010, the population of Birmingham declined from 340,887 […]
Small Town Southern Jewry: A Dying Breed
Dixie Jews are vanishing in the American South: Note: The closest the Jews ever came to assimilating in America was in places like Montgomery, Selma, […]
50 Years Forward: Woman Holding Infant Shot and Killed in Gate City
Alabama An African-American male was disrespected today in the Gate City projects in Birmingham. Shots were fired. A bystander holding an infant was fatally shot […]
Supreme Court Refuses To Take Up Alabama Immigration Law
District of Corruption In 2011, Alabama passed an immigration law called HB 56 that made it a crime to harbor an illegal alien. The SPLC […]
50 Years Forward: Greensboro vs. Birmingham
Alabama 100 public officials and business leaders from Greensboro, NC recently came to Birmingham, AL on a trip to learn more about the best practices […]
Democratic Party Crumbles … In Alabama
Alabama As the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate in Washington debates “comprehensive immigration reform,” the Alabama Democratic Party is crumbling as DWLs and their negro allies have […]
50 Years Forward: Jews, Birmingham, and Civil Rights
Alabama Al.com has an article on Birmingham, the Jewish Question, and the Civil Rights Movement: “The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. relied heavily on Jewish […]
50 Years Forward: Spontaneous Blackness Erupts At Montgomery Raceway
Alabama I’m very familiar with this Raceway gas station in west Montgomery which is located at the intersection of Mobile Highway and South Boulevard. I […]
Funniest Negro Criminal Names
Alabama I can’t resist sharing this: “Two Montgomery teenagers are charged in the first-degree robbery of a person in the 2600 block of Vaughn Road […]
Al.com vs. SBPDL
Alabama It was only a matter of time. We’re really getting under their skin. Note: SBPDL and OD are going to shine a spotlight as […]
50 Years Forward: Losing The MotoGP
Alabama OD’s probe into racial favoritism and public funding of sporting events in Birmingham, Alabama continues to turn up some interesting results with the assistance […]
50 Years Forward: Behind The Purple Drapes, Race and Sports In The Tragic City
Alabama In recent weeks, OD has been taking a closer look at Birmingham, Alabama, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the events that were […]
Birmingham vs. Boise
Alabama This comparison of crime in Birmingham (AL) versus Boise (ID) and similar sized cities originated in a discussion in the comment section at al.com: […]
50 Years Forward: Selma Ranked Worst City For Business in Alabama
Alabama Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement, Selma and Birmingham have been ranked among the worst cities for business in Alabama: “With every best […]
50 Years Forward: DBE Contractor Linked To Sign That Killed Luke Bresette
Alabama A few days ago, SBPDL.com speculated that Luke Bresette – the 10-year-old White boy from Kansas who died when a flight display sign collapsed […]
50 Years Forward: In Birmingham, 5 Years for Homicide
Alabama In light of the 50 Years Forward commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, OD and SBPDL are putting Birmingham, Alabama – where scenes […]
Montgomery’s White Resistance To Integration
Alabama This excerpt on the demise of segregation in Montgomery is from J. Mills Thornton III’s Dividing Lines: Municipal Politics and the Struggle for Civil […]
Alabama Moves To Restore (Limited) Segregation
Alabama As someone who grew up in this area, I can say that the Alabama Accountability Act will have a far greater impact on the lives […]
Black Alabama Lawmaker’s Email: ‘Slave-Holding, Murdering, Adulterous, Baby-Raping, Snaggle-Toothed Kin Folk’
Alabama A White conservative from Jefferson County sends out a polite mass email asking Alabama state lawmakers to oppose gun control … a black state […]
Vulcan Bike Week
Alabama In the previous article, we saw that the Birmingham City Council voted not to sign a contract with the promoters of the Honda Indy Grand Prix […]
50 Years Forward: Birmingham City Council Rejects Funding Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Alabama Paul Kersey of SBPDL.com recently published his latest book on Amazon, The Tragic City: Birmingham, 1963-2013, which tells the true story of how the City […]
Historic Selma Struggles With Blight
Alabama When I last visited Selma in 2011, I was struck by the obvious decline of the city: the blighted homes, the abandoned shopping centers, […]
Congress Finally Reacts To Violence In Birmingham
Alabama Birmingham’s DWL community held a Memorial March last night in honor of the tragic and “senseless” shooting of Jarmaine Walton in Railroad Park: “BIRMINGHAM, […]
Trends With Benefits
Alabama NPR investigates Greensboro in Hale County (AL) where 1 in 4 working age adults are receiving a $1,000 disability check a month: “In rural […]
Negroes In Negroland (1868)
North Carolina Here’s the link to Hinton Rowan Helper’s less famous book, Negroes in Negroland (1868), which he wrote in the midst of Reconstruction in North Carolina. […]