1971

1971 was the 100th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Government

• Birmingham City Council: Don Hawkins and Russell Yarbrough were re-elected to four-year terms. They were joined by Richard Arrington, Jr, David Vann, and Angi Proctor. Proctor took the two-year seat. Hawkins took over as City Council President.
• George Seibels re-elected Mayor of Birmingham
• Alabama School of Fine Arts was approved by the state legislature
• Jefferson County Historical Society was created by the state legislature
• The town of Siluria voted to merge with Alabaster.

Business

• Red Mountain Museum established
• U. S. Pipe closed Sloss Furnaces and donated it to the City of Birmingham

Sports

• November 27: Alabama defeated Auburn 31-7 in the Iron Bowl at Legion Field

See also 1971 Birmingham Athletics

Works

Books

• If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance, Angela Davis
• Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World, Walker Percy
• Insect Societies, E. O. Wilson

Buildings

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens Garden Center
• Birmingham Fire Station No. 1
• Cinema City 8 on Parkway East
• Guaranty Savings and Loan main office expanded to the east
• Vulcan recieved a $1M facelift
• October 19: Lister Hill Library dedicated
• George Ward's Vestavia demolished

Films

• Red White and Blue, directed by David F. Friedman

Music

• Sun Ra performed at the ancient Egyptian pyramids

People

Awards

• Clettus Atkinson was awarded the Ernie Pyle Award for Human Interest Writing
• Bernard Kincaid earned an M. A. from Miami University in Ohio
• William Chapman, Red Drew, Howard Hill, Dixie Howell, Tackhole Lee, Sanders Russell, Jackson Stephenson, and Charles Streit were inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
• Satchel Paige was ducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
• Auburn Tigers quarterback Pat Sullivan was awarded the Heisman Trophy
• Pro football tackle Billy Shields graduated from Banks High School
• Baseball player Jerry Hairston graduated from Gardendale High School
• Paul Hardin was elected president of the United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops

Births

• February 5: Sara Evans, country singer
• February 17: Lashunda Scales, marketing consultant
• June 5: Vero Vanblaere, Naked Art gallery owner
• June 24: Perry Young, former BPD officer and criminal
• August 14: Stan White, football player and sports commentator
• October 18: DeWayne Miner, runner and educator
• November 10: Walton Goggins, actor and film producer
• November 13: Darrin Hancock, basketball player
• December 18: James F. Sulzby IV, realtor
• Dedrick Griham, murderer
• Wade Kwon, journalist
• Avraham Schmidman, rabbi
• Jody Trautwein, pastor

Deaths

• Hill Ferguson, civic leader
• Hugh A. Locke, judge
• May 18: Louis Buck, radio announcer
• September 24: George Huddleston, Jr, U. S. Representative
• September 25: Hugo Black, Supreme Court justice

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1971

Context

1970s

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