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* Durr, Virginia Foster (1985) ''Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr.'' Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press | * Durr, Virginia Foster (1985) ''Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr.'' Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press | ||
* Hemphill, Paul (1993) ''[[Leaving Birmingham|Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son]].'' New York: Viking Books ISBN 067084778X | * Hemphill, Paul (1993) ''[[Leaving Birmingham|Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son]].'' New York: Viking Books ISBN 067084778X | ||
* Lewis, M. David (1994) ''[[Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic]]''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817307080 | |||
* Cruse, Howard. (1995) ''[[Stuck Rubber Baby]]'' Paradox Press. ISBN 1563892553 | * Cruse, Howard. (1995) ''[[Stuck Rubber Baby]]'' Paradox Press. ISBN 1563892553 | ||
* McKiven, Henry M. (1995) ''Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920.'' Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807845248 | * McKiven, Henry M. (1995) ''Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920.'' Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807845248 | ||
* LaMonte, Edward Shannon (1995) ''Politics and Welfare in Birmingham, 1900-1975''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817307547 | |||
* Whiting, Marvin Yeomans (1997) ''One Great City: The Campaign for Consolidated Government, Birmingham, Alabama, 1970-1971.'' Birmingham: Birmingham Public Library | |||
* Manis, Andrew (1999) ''A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0817309683 | * Manis, Andrew (1999) ''A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0817309683 | ||
* Bass, S. Jonathan (2001) Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail | * Hemphill, Paul (2000) ''[[Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son]]''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817310226 | ||
* Bass, S. Jonathan (2001) ''[[Blessed Are The Peacemakers|Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail]]''. Baton Rouge: LSU Press. ISBN 0807126551 | |||
* {{McWhorter-2001}} | * {{McWhorter-2001}} | ||
* Stewart, Shelly (2002) ''[[The Road South|The Road South: A Memoir]]''. Warner Books. ISBN 0446530271 | * Stewart, Shelly (2002) ''[[The Road South|The Road South: A Memoir]]''. Warner Books. ISBN 0446530271 | ||
* Connerly, Charles E. (2005) | * Connerly, Charles E. (2005) ''[[The Most Segregated City in America: City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980]]''. Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0813923344 | ||
* McWilliams, Tennant S. (2007) ''New Lights in the Valley: The Emergence of UAB''. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817315467 | |||
* {{Fazio-2010}} | * {{Fazio-2010}} | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 2 September 2016
This is a reading list of books and primary sources which are particularly valuable to understanding historical foundations for the Birmingham District of today.
Chronological list
- Beecher, John (February 1933) "Annual Report to the Stockholders". The New Masses, p. 8
- Leighton, George R. (August 1937) "Birmingham, Alabama: The City of Perpetual Promise". Harpers Magazine. No. 1407. pp. 225-242. Republished in Five Cities: The Story of their Youth and Old Age (also published as America's Growing Pains: The Romance, Comedy & Tragedy of Five Great Cities) New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 100-139
- Blakely, Hunter B. (1953) Religion in Shoes; Brother Bryan of Birmingham. Richmond, VA: John Knox.
- The Birmingham Metropolitan Audit: Preliminary Report. (1960) Louisville, Kentucky: Southern Institute of Management
- Henley, John C., Jr (1960) This is Birmingham: The Founding and Growth of an American City. Birmingham: Southern University Press
- King, Martin Luther (May 1963) "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Friends Service Committee, reprinted in Why We Can't Wait (1964) New York: Harper Collins ISBN 0060123958
- Morgan, Charles (1964) A Time to Speak: The Story of a Young American Lawyer's Struggle for His City, and for Himself. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. ISBN 0030505763
- Pioneers Club (1968) Early Days in Birmingham. Southern University Press.
- Brown, Virginia Pounds & Jane Porter Nabers, eds. (1970) Mary Gordon Duffee's Sketches of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 081735011X
- Glaze, Andrew (1981) "I Am The Jefferson County Courthouse", in I Am The Jefferson County Courthouse & Other Poems. Thunder City Press ISBN ISBN 0918644119
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1981) The Birmingham District: An Industrial History and Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society
- Durr, Virginia Foster (1985) Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press
- Hemphill, Paul (1993) Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son. New York: Viking Books ISBN 067084778X
- Lewis, M. David (1994) Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817307080
- Cruse, Howard. (1995) Stuck Rubber Baby Paradox Press. ISBN 1563892553
- McKiven, Henry M. (1995) Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807845248
- LaMonte, Edward Shannon (1995) Politics and Welfare in Birmingham, 1900-1975. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817307547
- Whiting, Marvin Yeomans (1997) One Great City: The Campaign for Consolidated Government, Birmingham, Alabama, 1970-1971. Birmingham: Birmingham Public Library
- Manis, Andrew (1999) A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0817309683
- Hemphill, Paul (2000) Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817310226
- Bass, S. Jonathan (2001) Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail. Baton Rouge: LSU Press. ISBN 0807126551
- McWhorter, Diane (2001) Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743226488
- Stewart, Shelly (2002) The Road South: A Memoir. Warner Books. ISBN 0446530271
- Connerly, Charles E. (2005) The Most Segregated City in America: City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980. Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0813923344
- McWilliams, Tennant S. (2007) New Lights in the Valley: The Emergence of UAB. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817315467
- Fazio, Michael W. (2010) Landscape of Transformations: Architecture and Birmingham, Alabama. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press ISBN 9781572336872
Other lists
- Cather, Patrick (1993) Birmingham Bound: Opinionated and Often Irreverent Essays on the Fifty Most Important Books About Alabama's Largest City. Birmingham: Cather & Brown
- "UAB Civil Rights Commemoration Texts and Contexts" at uab.edu
- "Birmingham Reading List" at acanuckamuck.com