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==Events==
==Events==
* February: The [[Country Boy Eddie Show]] debuted on [[WBRC 6]].
* [[March 3]]: A group of hooded Klan members toured the [[Birmingham Zoo|Jimmy Morgan Zoo]].
* [[March 3]]: A group of hooded Klan members toured the [[Birmingham Zoo|Jimmy Morgan Zoo]].
* [[March 21]]: Sen. John Kennedy spoke on "Labour Racketeering" at a banquet for the [[Alabama League of Municipalities]] in Birmingham.
* [[April 8]]: Singer Bobby Darin began a week long engagement at [[Mike's South Pacific]] in [[Homewood]].
* [[April 23]]: A [[1957 earthquake|minor earthquake]] centered near the [[Tennessee River]] below [[Guntersville Dam]] alarmed residents across the [[Birmingham area]].
* [[May 22]]: The town of [[Sylvan Springs]] was incorporated.
* [[May 31]]: The town of [[Trussville]] was elevated to the status of "city".
* [[May 31]]: The town of [[Trussville]] was elevated to the status of "city".
* June: [[Susie (elephant)|Susie]] the elephant joined [[Mona]] at the [[Birmingham Zoo|Jimmy Morgan Zoo]].
* September: Co-producer [[Gail Patrick]] brought Raymond Burr to Birmingham to promote their new series "Perry Mason".
* September: Co-producer [[Gail Patrick]] brought Raymond Burr to Birmingham to promote their new series "Perry Mason".
* The town of [[Sylvan Springs]] was incorporated.
* [[November 4]]: The [[William Elias B. Davis statue]] was rededicated at its present location at [[Hillman Hospital]].
* [[Country Boy Eddie|Country Boy Eddie Burns]] brought his group to serve as the house band for [[WBRC 6|WBRC]]'s [[Tom York Morning Show]].
* [[November 17]]: An [[1957 Walker County tornado|F4 tornado]] tore through western [[Walker County]].
* The [[Alabama Theatre]]'s marquee was upgraded with "new display effects."
* The [[Alabama Theatre]]'s marquee was upgraded with "new display effects."
* [[Susie]] the elephant joined [[Mona]] at the [[Birmingham Zoo|Jimmy Morgan Zoo]].
* The [[Birmingham Public Library]]'s [[Titusville Branch Library]] was established.
* The [[Birmingham Public Library]]'s [[Titusville Branch Library]] was established.
* A new well for [[Center Point]] was tapped by [[Cullen Scott]].
* A new well for [[Center Point]] was tapped by [[Cullen Scott]].
* The Town of [[County Line]] was incorporated.
* Birmingham's [[Downtown Improvement Association]] was established.
* [[Humphry Osmond]] coined the term "psychedelic" to describe the effects of hallucinogenic drugs.
* Local doo-wop group "[[The Cavaliers]]" ([[Eddie Kendricks]], [[Paul Williams]], and [[Kell Osbourne]]) relocated to Cleveland, Ohio.
* The [[Roma Country Club]] in [[Homewood]] was incorporated.
* The [[Festival of Arts]] hosted a "[[1957 Salute to England and Alabama|Salute to England and Alabama]]".
* The [[Birmingham Zoo Express|Zoo Express]] miniature railroad began service at the [[Birmingham Zoo|Jimmy Morgan Zoo]].


===Civil Rights movement===
===Civil Rights movement===
* January: [[Carl Baldwin|Carl]] and [[Alexinia Baldwin]] [[Baldwin v. Morgan|sued]] to desegregate the waiting rooms at [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* January: [[Carl Baldwin|Carl]] and [[Alexinia Baldwin]] [[Baldwin v. Morgan|sued]] to desegregate the waiting rooms at [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* [[February 14]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] joined [[Martin Luther King Jr]], [[Ralph Abernathy], and others to form the the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]].  
* [[February 14]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] joined [[Martin Luther King Jr]], [[Ralph Abernathy], and others to form the the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]].
* [[March 6]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth|Fred]] and [[Ruby Shuttlesworth]] challenged the segregation of the [[Birmingham Terminal Station]] waiting rooms.
* [[April 10]]: [[George Dickerson]]'s [[George Dickerson residence|home]] was destroyed by a [[List of racially-motivated bombings#1957|bomb]].
* [[April 28]]: The [[Allen Temple AME Church]] in [[Bessemer]] was [[List of racially-motivated bombings#1957|bombed]] during a service.
* [[August 29]]: The U.S. Congress passed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]] over Strom Thurmond's filibuster, establishing federal oversight of voting rights for federal offices.
* [[September 9]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] and other parents were assaulted by an armed mob when they attempted to enroll their children at [[Phillips High School]].
* [[September 9]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] and other parents were assaulted by an armed mob when they attempted to enroll their children at [[Phillips High School]].


===Business===
===Business===
* [[June 19]]: [[Colonial Stores]] opened a new location in [[Norwood]].
* [[June 27]]: [[Hill's Food Stores]] opened a new location in [[Norwood]].
* [[June 27]]: [[Hill's Food Stores]] opened a new location in [[Norwood]].
* July: [[Vincent Carnaggio]] founded [[Pediatrics East]] in [[East Lake]].
* [[John Hontzas]] opened [[Niki's West]] restaurant on [[Finley Avenue]].
* [[John Hontzas]] opened [[Niki's West]] restaurant on [[Finley Avenue]].
* [[Bob Sykes|Bob]] and [[Maxine Sykes]] opened "[[The Ice Spot]]" in [[Central Park]]
* [[Bob Sykes|Bob]] and [[Maxine Sykes]] opened "[[The Ice Spot]]" in [[Central Park]]
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* [[Tommy Charles]] and [[Doug Layton]] left [[WSGN-AM]] for [[WYDE-AM]].
* [[Tommy Charles]] and [[Doug Layton]] left [[WSGN-AM]] for [[WYDE-AM]].
* [[Western Supermarkets]] opened a fourth location at [[Crestwood Shopping Center]].
* [[Western Supermarkets]] opened a fourth location at [[Crestwood Shopping Center]].
* [[John Collins]] opened [[Lyric Hot Dogs]].


===Education===
===Education===
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* [[Banks High School]] opened to freshmen.
* [[Banks High School]] opened to freshmen.
* [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School|Western-Olin High School]] was accredited.
* [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School|Western-Olin High School]] was accredited.
 
* The [[University Hospital School of Nursing]] was accredited.


===Religion===
===Religion===
 
* [[May 6]]: [[Vestavia Hills Baptist Church]] was organized.
* The [[1957 Presbyterian General Assembly]] was hosted in Birmingham by [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[WaterStone Church|Warrior First Baptist Church]] changed its name to [[WaterStone Church|First Baptist Church of Warrior]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[August 31]]: The NFL's Detroit Lions defeated the Washington Redskins 31-14 in an [[List of NFL and AFL exhibition games at Legion Field|exhibition game]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[November 30]]: [[1957 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] shut out [[1957 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] in the [[1957 Iron Bowl|Iron Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[Bear Bryant]] accepted an offer to leave Texas A&M to coach the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team]].
* [[Bear Bryant]] accepted an offer to leave Texas A&M to coach the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team]].
* [[Gene Bartow]]'s St Charles High School boys' basketball team won the Missouri State Championship
* [[H. B. Thompson]] founded the [[Gardendale Youth Baseball]] program.
* The Detroit Tigers traded pitcher [[Virgil Trucks]] to the Kansas City Athletics.
* Cyclone Anaya defeated Tor Yamata to claim the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title in [[Birmingham]].


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[Raymond Boland]] was ordained as a Catholic priest.
* [[Henry Stanford]] succeeded [[Guy Snavely]] as President of [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Henry Stanford]] succeeded [[Guy Snavely]] as President of [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[R. B. Knox]] succeeded [[Hoyt Ayers]] as Chief of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[R. B. Knox]] succeeded [[Hoyt Ayers]] as Chief of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[Max Kimerling]] succeeded [[J. Harold Shevin]] as president of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[Max Kimerling]] succeeded [[J. Harold Shevin]] as president of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[Inez Andrews]] left the [[Gospel Harmonettes]] to join the Caravans.
* [[Inez Andrews]] left the [[Gospel Harmonettes]] to join the Caravans.
 
* [[W. Landon Miller]] became pastor of [[Ruhama Baptist Church]].
* [[Madelyn Poole]] began her tenure as pianist and music director for [[Town and Gown Theatre]].
* [[Nathan Goldstein]] succeeded [[Hyman Miller]] as president of the [[Levite Jewish Community Center|Jewish Community Center]].
* [[Clarence Baldwin]] succeeded [[Claude Warren]] as pastor of [[Pilgrim Church|Pilgrim Congregational Church]].


===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 8]]: [[Doug Jones (police chief)|Doug Jones]], [[Helena Police Department|Helena]] police chief
* [[February 10]]: [[Samantha Shaw]], former [[Alabama State Auditor]]
* [[February 10]]: [[Samantha Shaw]], former [[Alabama State Auditor]]
* [[February 14]]: [[Alan Hunter]], MTV VJ
* [[February 14]]: [[Alan Hunter]], MTV VJ
* February 14: [[Reggie King]], NBA player
* February 14: [[Reggie King]], NBA player
* [[February 18]]: [[Gary Richardson]], [[Midfield]] mayor and radio executive
* [[March 17]]: [[Barry Krauss]], football player
* [[April 10]]: [[Robert Leslie Palmer]], attorney and author
* [[April 18]]: [[Finis St John IV]], attorney and [[University of Alabama]] trustee
* [[April 25]]: [[Johnny High]], NBA player
* [[April 25]]: [[Johnny High]], NBA player
* [[May 27]]: [[Carol Hendrickson]], Navy nurse
* [[June 11]]: [[Dewayne Davis]], minister and chorister
* [[June 22]]: [[Keith McCord]], NBA player
* [[June 22]]: [[Keith McCord]], NBA player
* [[August 30]]: [[Otis Dismuke]], educator
* [[September 7]]: [[Jack Williams]], legislator
* [[September 21]]: [[Mark Childress]], novelist
* [[September 21]]: [[Mark Childress]], novelist
* [[November 20]]: [[Dwight Stephenson]], NFL player
* [[November 23]]: [[Andrew Toney]], NBA player
* [[November 23]]: [[Andrew Toney]], NBA player
* [[December 31]]: [[Steve Gaines]], Baptist minister
* [[Buddy Gray]], Baptist minister
* [[Buddy Gray]], Baptist minister
* [[Alan Jacobs]], academic
* [[Alan Jacobs]], academic
* [[Mama Petite]], hippopotamus
* [[Willie Pittman]], mechanic and entrepreneur
* [[Walter Moore (teacher)|Walter Moore]], educator
* [[Walter Moore (teacher)|Walter Moore]], educator
* [[Greg Shaw]], Chief Judge of the [[Alabama Court of the Judiciary]]
* [[Randy Smith]], [[Birmingham Police Department]] officer
* [[Andrew Westmoreland]], President of [[Samford University]]
* [[Andrew Westmoreland]], President of [[Samford University]]
* [[Meged Yisra'el]] (born [[Meged Yisra'el|Melvin Miller]]), NFL player


===Awards===
===Awards===
* [[Tommy Charles]] was named "Best DJ of the Year" by the [[Birmingham Advertising Club]].
* [[Tommy Charles]] was named "Best DJ of the Year" by the [[Birmingham Advertising Club]].
* [[Harry Brock Jr]] received the "Young Bankers Award" from the [[Alabama Bankers Association]].
* [[Don Hawkins]] was named "[[Mr Crestwood]]" by the [[Crestwood Civic Club]].
* [[Shug Jordan]] split the "SEC Coach of the Year" voting with Wade Walker.
* [[Anna Strange]] was named "[[Miss Alabama]]".
* Golfer [[Charley Boswell]] was given an award from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.


===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[John Badham]] graduated from [[Indian Springs School]].
* [[John Badham]] graduated from [[Indian Springs School]].
* [[Harry Brock Jr]] completed a degree from the School of Financial Public Relations at Northwestern University.
* [[Max D. Cooper]] graduated from Tulane University.
* [[Roland Frye]] completed a Guggenheim Fellowship.
* [[John C. Fletcher Jr]] completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Heidelberg, Germany.
* [[Fob James]] earned a degree in civil engineering at [[Auburn University]].
* [[Sam Pointer Jr]] completed a juris doctorate at the [[University of Alabama School of Law]]
===Marriages==
* [[September 21]]: Attorney [[Orzell Billingsley]] married [[Geselda Billingsley|Geselda Hill]].
==Retirements==
* [[Blanche Dean]] retired from teaching.


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* An iron worker was killed when the new steeple at [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]] collapsed.
* An iron worker was killed when the new steeple at [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]] collapsed.
* [[March 9]]: [[Malcolm Dabney]], dentist
* [[March 17]]: [[Seale Harris]], physician
* [[April 8]]: [[Dorothy Sebastian]], actress
* [[April 8]]: [[Dorothy Sebastian]], actress
* [[May 26]]: [[Luther Patrick]], attorney and former U.S. Representative
* June: [[Caroline Johnson]], social activist
* [[July 10]]: [[George Salem Sr]], restaurateur
* [[July 25]]: [[Frank Welch]], baseball player
* [[September 24]]: [[Carrie Hill]], artist


==Works==
==Works==
* Anthony Perkins starred as [[Jimmy Piersall]] in the film based on his memoir, "[[Fear Strikes Out]]''.
===Books===
===Books===


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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[Banks High School]]
* [[Banks High School]]
* [[Bush K-8 School]] addition
* [[Federal Reserve building]] expansion
* [[Federal Reserve building]] expansion
* [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]] lobby and meeting rooms
* [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]] lobby and meeting rooms
* [[Hill Elementary School]] addition
* [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]] in [[Bush Hills]]
* [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]] in [[Bush Hills]]
* [[Leland Shopping Center]] in [[Alberta City]]
* [[McElwain Baptist Church]] fellowship hall
* [[McElwain Baptist Church]] fellowship hall
* [[Purcell Wing]] at [[Carraway Hospital]]
* [[Purcell Wing]] at [[Carraway Hospital]]
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth residence|Bethel Baptist Church parsonage]], [[Collegeville]]
* [[Lawrence Reynolds Library]] (groundbreaking)
* [[Lewis Smith Dam]] (groundbreaking)
* [[The Club]] men's club room and ladies' card room
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]] addition
* [[Ullman High School]] classroom annex
* The [[A. E. Burgess Co.]] started the state's first interstate highway construction project.


===Music===
===Music===
* [[Sun Ra]]'s first album, "[[Super-Sonic Jazz]]" was released on Saturn Records.
* [[Sun Ra]]'s first album, "[[Super-Sonic Jazz]]" was released on Saturn Records.
* [[Tommy Charles]]' single, "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade is Over"/"Love, You're a Stranger" was released on Decca Records.
* [[Tommy Charles]]' single, "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade is Over"/"Love, You're a Stranger" was released on Decca Records.
* [[Urbie Green]]'s album, "[[Let's Face the Music and Dance]]" was released on RCA Victor.


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 16:14, 28 April 2017

1957 was the 86th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Civil Rights movement

Business

Education

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

Awards

Graduations

=Marriages

Retirements

Deaths

Works

Books

Buildings

Music

Context

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