Research Catalog
There's hope for the world : the memoir of Birmingham, Alabama's first African American mayor
- Title
- There's hope for the world : the memoir of Birmingham, Alabama's first African American mayor / Richard Arrington.
- Author
- Arrington, Richard.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008], ©2008.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F334.B653 A773 2008 | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- Description
- vi, 263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "On a sultry September morning in 1955, a young African American man, the son of sharecroppers, boarded a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, Alabama, to leave his home state for the first time in his life. He was headed for the University of Detroit on a teaching scholarship from Miles College. Richard Arrington could not have guessed then that his future as a teacher would be postponed for decades by big-city politics - and that he would serve a record-setting five terms as chief executive of Alabama's largest city." "Under Arrington's leadership, Birmingham rebuilt itself from a foundering, steel-driven industrial center to one of the most diversified metropolitan areas in the Southeast, with an economy fueled by health care, biomedical research, engineering, telecommunications, and banking. As mayor, Arrington's economic legacy is impressive. When he left office, Birmingham boasted a record number of jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in its history. Additionally, Birmingham had built the strongest tax base in Alabama, expanded its city limits by 60 square miles, reduced crime to its lowest level in 25 years, and funded a $260 million school construction program. There's Hope for the World recounts an exciting and momentous era in the history of Birmingham and the entire southeast."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-255) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Leaving City Hall: The Last Day -- 2. Early Life Overview: The Journey from Sharecropping to City Hall -- 3. The Call of Political Leadership: The Council Race and First Mayoral Election (A Revival of Hope) -- 4. Police Brutality: Terrorism in Birmingham -- 5. Police Reform: A First Priority -- 6. The Controversial Reign of Chief Artie Deutsch -- 7. The Beginning of the Federal Investigation -- 8. In the Eye of a Corruption Probe: FBI Surveillance -- 9. Feds Designate Me as a Target of Grand Jury Investigation -- 10. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) -- 11. Keeping the City Viable: Annexations and Economic Development -- 12. The Jefferson County Citizens Coalition (JCCC) -- 13. Politics and Football: The University of Alabama, Auburn, UAB, and the Magic City Classic -- 14. Stepping-stones: Transition and Reconciliation.
- ISBN
- 9780817316235 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 081731623X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817380410 (electronic)
- 0817380418 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2008010760
- 40015976745
- OCLC
- ocn220419811
- 220419811
- SCSB-5438155
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries