Non-Boring History

Non-Boring History

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Not a Walk in the Park

Not a Walk in the Park

NON-BORING HISTORY Thinking about victimhood, courage, and agency, that favorite historian word, on a stroll in Birmingham, Alabama

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Kelly Ingram Park, four acres in Birmingham, Alabama, named in 1932 for a sailor killed in World War One, was long known as West Park. Today peaceful, it was once a site of horror and bravery that sh…

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