{"id":1873,"date":"2022-08-11T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/?page_id=1873"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:11:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:11:42","slug":"alabama-heart-of-dixie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/?page_id=1873","title":{"rendered":"Alabama &#8211; Heart of Dixie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1873\" class=\"elementor elementor-1873\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f155161 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f155161\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-399c7299\" data-id=\"399c7299\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6816467e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6816467e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">    Alabama - Heart of Dixie<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4be7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e4be7f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Memorial Day Weekend, 2000. We stayed at the Tutwiler Hotel in downtown Birmingham. As often as possible, I made reservations at historical hotels or inns to capture the flavor of the cities in which they were built. The Tutwiler is said to be haunted by Major Tutwiler, for whom the hotel is named, but he never knocked on our door.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7db776e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7db776e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad7d1c1\" data-id=\"ad7d1c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c0467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77c0467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0We were eager to see the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Street Baptist Church, the site of one of the saddest and most memorable occurrences of the civil rights movement, where a bomb exploded in 1963, killing four young black girls. A plaque erected to their memory reads: May Men Learn to Replace Bitterness and Violence with Love and Understanding.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2367bb\" data-id=\"c2367bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cdbef29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cdbef29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AL3-300x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1372\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AL3-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AL3-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AL3.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">16th Street Baptist Church<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a76dd71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a76dd71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12bac854\" data-id=\"12bac854\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a649ae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a649ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u00a0Directly across the street is the Civil Rights Institute. It is a multimedia museum and on this Sunday morning it was noticeably quiet. We were watching a television video which showed a couple of black children walking into the front door of a school, accompanied by members of the National Guard. There were many people watching the children, some with angry expressions on their faces. I felt the presence of someone standing behind me, and when I turned around, an African American gentleman asked if I saw the children on the screen. I said, yes, that I saw them and commented that they and their parents must have been very brave to let them be the first black children to enter this previously segregated school. He said, quietly, \u201cThose are my children.\u201d This began a conversation in which he told us about his children, I think it was a boy and a girl, and how he wanted them to have a good education, a better education than they had at their separate but not equal elementary school. He told us how they had gone on to college and graduated and were leading productive lives. I think he could see how interested we were, so he asked if we would like to have him take us around to other exhibits and offer his commentary. Well, of course we did, and it made this renowned museum even more memorable. At the end, I asked him if this was his job, to be a docent at the Civil Rights Institute. He explained that he volunteered to do this only on Sundays, and that his real job was as a barber. I asked him his name and if he would allow me to take a photo of him outside the museum. This photo of James Armstrong is among my favorite photos of all our trips.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d2454f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d2454f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10c614ba\" data-id=\"10c614ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1854e4e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1854e4e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Many years later, Andy and I attended a fundraiser for an organization called Fair Housing of Marin. Two documentarians showed a film called <em>The Barber of Birmingham.<\/em> It only took a few minutes for us to realize this was about James Armstrong, <em>our <\/em>barber of Birmingham. It was such a surprise and allowed us to learn even more about this special man. We also learned that evening that he died in 2009, at the age of 86. He was truly a champion of Civil Rights.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75da9af0\" data-id=\"75da9af0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6fa93e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d6fa93e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/AL2-pr1ss86mltt6kkiz2ai2hzz5pk6s7gf65uukyt8b08.jpg\" title=\"AL2\" alt=\"AL2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">James Armstrong, the Barber of Birmingham<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30f47b6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30f47b6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b7c452f\" data-id=\"3b7c452f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-110db94f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"110db94f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On another day, we walked by a beautiful church and tried to open the front door. It was locked. My husband asked a man sitting on a bench nearby if he knew anything about this church. He said, that in fact he was the retired former caretaker of the church. \u201cWould you like to go inside, he asked?\u201d He then unlocked the door for us and took us around, showing us the most significant and beautiful features and giving us some background of St. Mary of the Highlands Episcopal Church. His name was Joe and we have a great photo of him, too.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cf56076\" data-id=\"6cf56076\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb61121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bb61121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/AL1-pravcckuxjufhu9gzcpm9ymlgpyyibmip1wgbasfj4.jpg\" title=\"AL1\" alt=\"AL1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Joe, the former caretaker of St. Mary's of the Highlands Church<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3730f5fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3730f5fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ba545cb\" data-id=\"5ba545cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722c1c8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"722c1c8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another day we drove to Tuscaloosa to see the University of Alabama campus, stopping along the way in Vance to see a Mercedes Benz US International manufacturing plant. I had arranged for us to have a tour there, as a surprise for my husband, because he has had a lifelong love affair with Mercedes. I thought I might not enjoy this part of the trip, but we both found it fascinating. One thing that impressed us is that all the employees, managers as well as production line workers, were dressed identically. They also took lunch breaks at the same time so that they could interact and get to know each other. We were told this was the ethos of the manufacturing plants in Germany. Everything was meticulously clean and organized. Very impressive!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We drove to Montgomery to see the capitol. As we came into town (where the temperature must have been 100 degrees), I rolled down the window to ask directions of a very large (rotund) Alabama policeman. When I finished my question, he looked at me and said, \u201cYou don\u2019t sound like you\u2019re from Alabama. Where \u2018r\u2019 y\u2019all from?\u201d I said, \u201cSan Francisco.\u201d His reply, \u201cWell, what \u2018r\u2019 y\u2019all doing here?\u201d was hard to answer at the time. If I\u2019d said, \u201cWe are going to visit all the states in alphabetical order, and yours is first\u2026\u201d I wonder what he would have said! There were many signs of the Civil War in Montgomery, including the location of the first Confederate White House. As time went on and we visited other southern states, we became accustomed to these sites of Civil War history.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bbae8ca\" data-id=\"1bbae8ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9e5f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b9e5f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitingallthestatesinalphabeticalorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/AL4-rotated-e1660087381586-pt165dok0zsjvydzkcxk4sn07jok6zddq5hi37osjs.jpg\" title=\"AL4\" alt=\"AL4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e8b885e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e8b885e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We only spent a few days in Alabama, but Andy was now sold on the idea, so we were off and running.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama &#8211; Heart of Dixie \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Memorial Day Weekend, 2000. We stayed at the Tutwiler Hotel in downtown Birmingham. As often as possible, I made reservations at historical hotels or inns to capture the flavor of the cities in which they were built. 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