NEW AT FIVE: THE
TRUTH ABOUT
ALABAMA'S
HISTORY.
IN A SERIES OF
SPECIAL
REPORTS ALL
DAY TODAY, WE
ARE EXAMINING
ALABAMA'S PAST
AND PRESENT.
CBS 42 NEWS
ANCHOR ART
FRANKLIN JOINS
US WITH A
CLOSE-UP LOOK
AT THE EVENTS
THAT SHAPED
THE ALABAMA OF
TODAY.
SO
MUCH OF
ALABAMA'S
HISTORY IS WELL
DOCUMENTED.
CAPTURED ON
VIDEO, IN
PICTURES AND
AUDIO
RECORDINGS.
THERE ARE A LOT
OF COLORFUL
CHARACTERS
AND SOME DARK
DAYS THAT ARE
NOT EASILY
FORGOTTEN. BUT
ALSO, A LOT TO
BE PROUD OF.
Nat sound (Scott
Myers)
ONE TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE AT
THE ALABAMA
SPORTS HALL OF
FAME AND YOU'LL
FIND ONE OF THE
MOST
PROMINENT
ASPECTS OF
ALABAMA
HISTORY
Football has really
defined our state
over the past
century really as
you look at the early
1900's and we went
out to the Rose
bowl the University
of Alabama and
won that game, it
kind of put us on a
national map at a
unique time.
OVER TIME PAUL
BEAR BRYANT
AND JAMES
RALPH "SHUG"
JORDAN BECAME
LEGENDS. BUT
CBS 42 POLITICAL
ANALYST STEVE
FLOWERS
POINTED OUT
ANOTHER
LARGER THAN
LIFE HISTORICAL
FIGURE&
GEORGE
WALLACE
Nat sound
(Segregation Now,
Segregation
Forever)
He ran around the
country running for
president as a racist
demogued and
segregationist.
WE WERE A
STATE,
INFAMOUSLY
KNOWN FOR
RACIAL
CONFRONTATION.
plus there
were a lot of
bombings and it got
the nickname
Bombingham.
MOST NOTABLY
FOR THE 1963
BOMING AT 16TH
STREET BAPTIST
CHURCH, THAT
KILLED FOUR
LITTLE GIRLS.
OUT OF
ALABAMA'S CIVIL
RIGHTS GREW
LEGENDS SUCH
AS ROSA PARKS,
DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR.
AND LEGENDARY
ACCOUNTS OF
THE CELEBRATED
TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN. FAME
STUDIOS IN
MUSCLE SHOALS,
BIRMINGHAM'S
TUXEDO
JUNCTION AND
MOBILE, THE
TRUE
BIRTHPLACE OF
MARDI GRAS.
TRUTHS PEOPLE
ELSEWHERE
DON'T HEAR
ABOUT OFTEN.
I think they get bits
and pieces and
probably don't know
the full truth.
THERE'S NO
MISTAKING
ALABAMA WAS A
TOP PRODUCER
OF STEEL.
ACCORDING TO
HISTORIANS,
THAT'S HOW
BIRMINGHAM GOT
THE NAME MAGIC
CITY, GROWING
FROM ABOUT 100
PEOPLE IN 1865
TO MORE THAN
250,000 BY 1878,
JUST LIKE MAGIC.
Birmingham has
been a big source
of Alabama's
economic prowess
and a lot of it
centered around
coal and steel.
THE UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA AT
BIRMINGHAM LED
THE WAY AS
BIRMINGHAM
TRANSITIONED
FROM STEEL TO
HEALTHCARE
AND RESEARCH
AND ULTIMATELY
BANKING.
We had a
huge banking
industry, several of
the larger banking
institutions had their
headquarters here
because of merger
and acquisition
activity in the 90's
and 2000's we're
down to one fortune
500 bank and that's
Region's Bank.
NOW THE STATE
HAS A
FLOURISHING
AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY WITH
THE MERCEDES
PLANT IN VANCE,
HYUNDAI IN
MONTGOMERY,
HONDA IN
LINCOLN AND
SOON TOYOTA IN
HUNTSVILLE. SITE
OF THE
MARSHALL
SPACE FLIGHT
CENTER, WHERE
NASA BUILT THE
SPACECRAFT
THAT PUT MAN
ON THE MOON.
it
is amazing what
that city has done
historically with the
rocket science
established, now
high technology
taking off. as you
know, it is forecast
to become the
major metropolitan
economic engine of
alabama.
ECONOMISTS SAY
BIRMINGHAM'S
ECONOMY IS
GROWING AS
WELL WITH U-A-B
ONCE AGAIN, AT
THE FOREFRONT.
Through
partnerships with
southern research,
as well as
partnership with
innovation dept,
we're really trying to
evolve our economy
into one based
mostly on tech as
well as biotech.
(art) so much about
what people think
about alabama is
our past. what's the
truth about alabama
today?
So,
the truth about
Alabama from my
perspective is a
state that really
wants to get it
right& it is a state
that is on the rise.
RISING FROM
SOME INFAMOUS
DAYS SOME
WOULD PREFER
TO DISTANCE
THEMSELVES
FROM. BUT
OTHERS SAY WE
MUST EMBRACE
OUR PAST, ALL
OF IT.
THEY SAY BY NOT
RUNNING AWAY
FROM IT, WE
LEARN HOW NOT
TO MAKE THE
SAME MISTAKES
AND CHART A
COURSE INTO
THE FUTURE
WITH SOME
CONVERSATIONS,
DIFFICULT
DECISIONS AND
MORE INCLUSION.
IN STUDIO, ART
FRANKLIN, CBS 42
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