As you watch the Iron Bowl between ALA vs. AUB, named after all the Iron made in Birmingham know the History of Black life lost and stolen mining in that specific Iron they celebrate... (((From Alabamas Past, Capitalism Teamed With Racism to Create Cruel Partnership))) wsj >>> online.wsj/article/SB995228253461746936.html n the early decades of the 20th century, tens of thousands of convicts -- most of them, like Mr. Cottenham, indigent black men -- were snared in a largely forgotten justice system rooted in racism and nurtured by economic expedience. Until nearly 1930, decades after most other Southern states had abolished similar programs, Alabama was providing convicts to businesses hungry for hands to work in farm fields, lumber camps, railroad construction gangs and, especially in later years, IRON mines. For state and local officials, the incentive was money; many years, convict leasing was one of Alabamas largest sources of funding. video.pbs.org/video/2176766758/
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 19:36:23 +0000
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