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 […]
Blacks vs. Mexicans In Georgia’s Onion Fields
Georgia As we explored last summer, free labor is unable to compete with slave labor in certain kinds of agriculture: Note: What incentive do black […]
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 […]
Armed Robbery Fail
Louisiana In New Orleans, an African-American attempts to rob Lew: “On Saturday, 4/27/13 at or about 5:05AM, the victim was walking in the 1900 block […]
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 […]
South Africa: The Massacre That Changed a Nation
South Africa The ANC is supposedly outraged about this:
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 […]
Should Black People Run America’s Major Cities?
United States Al.com has linked to a useful study by the Brookings Institution which showcases America’s imploding major cities: Note: The outside perimeter of most […]
Nebraska Bus Driver Loses Patience With Negro Passenger
Nebraska What the hell brought this on? Update: Here is the link to the longer version.
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: Montgomery Swept By “Tsunami of (Black) Violence”
Alabama As the City of Montgomery celebrates its 20th homicide of 2013, the Montgomery Advertiser in a rare example of candor has admitted that Montgomery is being […]
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 […]
50 Years Forward: 1963 Birmingham Church Survivor Shuns Congressional Gold Medal
Alabama Gimme dat money! “BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) -The lone survivor of a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls is seeking millions in […]
Rand Paul Speaks To Howard University
District of Corruption … claims Obama has failed blacks, GOP is the party of Lincoln, civil rights and equality, Democrats are the real racists for […]
50 Years Forward: Rick & Bubba Show, Steven Hoyt, and Honda Indy Grand Prix
Alabama Final Update: The Birmingham City Council has approved $300,000 in funding for the Honda Indy Grand Prix: “BIRMINGHAM, Alabama –The Birmingham City Council has approved […]
50 Years Forward: Sexual Harassment at the Birmingham Public Library
Alabama In the video below, Barbara Ann Wilson describes her experiences working as an employee of the Birmingham Public Library. In 2010, Wilson filed a […]
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 […]
Obama’s Sons Beat Elderly White Man In Jacksonville
Florida The temperature is warming up … the “youths” of America, the Trayvons, are crawling the streets again in Florida:
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 […]
Why Segregation Collapsed In Montgomery
Alabama This comes from J. Mills Thornton III’s Dividing Lines: Municipal Politics and the Struggle for Civil Rights In Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. “The ICC […]
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 […]
50 Years Forward: Birmingham SCLC Prays To “Stop The Violence”
Alabama A few weeks ago, we saw that Montgomery was praying to change black culture and was poised to overtake Birmingham in 2013 for the […]
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 […]