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Platform guests included [[Bear Bryant]], [[Mary Bryant]] [[Joe Namath]], [[Ray Perkins]], Tom Landry, [[Scott Hunter]], [[Mike Kolen]] and others. Perkins, Landry and Kolen gave their testimonies during the event. | Platform guests included [[Bear Bryant]], [[Mary Bryant]] [[Joe Namath]], [[Ray Perkins]], Tom Landry, [[Scott Hunter]], [[Mike Kolen]] and others. Perkins, Landry and Kolen gave their testimonies during the event. | ||
Both Graham and local press took the event as an opportunity to compare conditions in 1972 with those surrounding Graham's last [[1964 Billy Graham Easter | Both Graham and local press took the event as an opportunity to compare conditions in 1972 with those surrounding Graham's last [[1964 Billy Graham Easter Rally|rally in 1964]]. To many at the time, the significant improvements in racial tensions suggested that the city had solved its most distressing problems. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 29 January 2007
Evangelist Billy Grahams 1972 Alabama Crusade was held May 14 - 21 at Legion Field.
The event helped celebrate Birmingham's selection as an All-American City by the National Municipal League. It was marked by the attempt on Governor George Wallace's life while he campaigned for president in Laurel, Maryland.
Platform guests included Bear Bryant, Mary Bryant Joe Namath, Ray Perkins, Tom Landry, Scott Hunter, Mike Kolen and others. Perkins, Landry and Kolen gave their testimonies during the event.
Both Graham and local press took the event as an opportunity to compare conditions in 1972 with those surrounding Graham's last rally in 1964. To many at the time, the significant improvements in racial tensions suggested that the city had solved its most distressing problems.
References
- Wirt, Sherwood Eliot (1997) Billy: A Personal Look at the World's Best Loved Evangelist. Crossway Books.
- Miller, Steven P. (Winter 2007) "'Another Kind of March': Billy Graham in Civil Rights Era Alabama." Alabama Heritage. No. 83, p. 41-48.