This city is home to the second-tallest metal statue in the US, a depiction of Vulcan celebrating this city's status as an iron-production center and "Pittsburgh of the South."
This city saw the 1948 convention of the States' Rights Party, aka the Dixiecrats, which nominated Strom Thurmond for president. This city is home to the second-tallest metal statue in the US, a depiction of Vulcan celebrating this city's status as an iron-production center and "Pittsburgh of the South." The 16th Street Baptist Church in this city was bombed by The Cahaba Boys, a KKK offshoot, in 1963, killing four African-American girls. A newspaper editorial titled "A Call for Unity" prompted a response by a civil rights leader imprisoned in this city. For 10 points, what Alabama city's jail was the site of the writing of a Martin Luther King letter?
This city saw the 1948 convention of the States' Rights Party, aka the Dixiecrats, which nominated Strom Thurmond for president.
Birmingham, Alabama