Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a major industrial and cultural city in the American South, historically known for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
areaCode 205
659
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States
countySeatOf Jefferson County, Alabama
elevation approximately 600 feet above sea level
founded 1871
governingBody Birmingham City Council
governmentType mayor–council government
hasAirport Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
hasEvent 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Birmingham Campaign (1963)
hasInstitution Southern Research
UAB Hospital
hasLandmark 16th Street Baptist Church
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
Vulcan statue
hasMuseum Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham Museum of Art
hasPark Railroad Park
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve
hasSportsTeam Birmingham Barons
hasUniversity University of Alabama at Birmingham
historicalRole major center of the American Civil Rights Movement
major industrial center of the Southern United States
incorporated 1871
is largest city in Alabama by population
knownFor civil rights history
iron and coal industries
steel production
locatedIn Jefferson County, Alabama
Shelby County, Alabama
majorIndustry banking and finance
biotechnology
healthcare
higher education
insurance
mayor Randall Woodfin
metropolitanAreaPopulation over 1100000 (early 2020s)
namedAfter Birmingham, England
nickname The Magic City
partOf Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
population approximately 200000 (early 2020s)
postalCodeRange 35201–35298
region American South
state Alabama
timeZone Central Time Zone
transportHubFor Interstate 20
Interstate 59
Interstate 65

Referenced by (204)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
16th Street Baptist Church ("Birmingham, Alabama")
A.G. Gaston Motel ("Birmingham, Alabama")
ACMHR ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Alabama State Fairgrounds ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Alabama Theatre ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham City Jail ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Museum of Art ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Police Department ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham metropolitan area green space network ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Cumberland School of Law ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Hugh Kaul Sculpture Garden ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Jefferson County Courthouse (Birmingham) ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Kelly Ingram Park ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Legacy Arena ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Ollie’s Barbecue ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Red Mountain ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Red Mountain Park ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Virginia Samford Theatre ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Vulcan Park and Museum ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locatedIn
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ("Birmingham, Alabama")
American civil rights movement ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens ("Birmingham, Alabama")
BCRI ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Barons ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham campaign ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Children's Crusade (1963) ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Children's March ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Project C (Confrontation) ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Protective Stadium ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Regions Field ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Rickwood Field ("Birmingham, Alabama")
UAB Blazers baseball team ("Birmingham, Alabama")
UAB Blazers football team ("Birmingham, Alabama")
UAB Blazers men's basketball team ("Birmingham, Alabama")
UAB Blazers women’s basketball team ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Vulcan statue ("Birmingham, Alabama")
location
Alabaster, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Bessemer, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Chelsea, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Hoover, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Irondale, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Lake Purdy, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Mountain Brook, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Oak Mountain State Park ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Pelham, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Trussville, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Vestavia Hills, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locatedNear
Addie Mae Collins
Angela Davis
Carl Lewis
Carole Robertson
Catherine Burks-Brooks
Condoleezza Rice
Cynthia Wesley
Emmylou Harris
John Rogers (Alabama politician) ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Randall Woodfin ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Sonia Sanchez
placeOfBirth
Alabaster, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Chelsea, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Fultondale, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Gardendale, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Hueytown, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Irondale, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Pelham, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Trussville, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
isSuburbOf
Addie Mae Collins
Bart Starr
Bull Connor
Carole Robertson
Catherine Burks-Brooks
Cynthia Wesley
Fred Shuttlesworth
placeOfDeath
Addie Mae Collins
Bull Connor
Carole Robertson
Catherine Burks-Brooks
Cynthia Wesley
Ollie McClung, Sr. ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Randall Woodfin ("Birmingham, Alabama")
residence
Birmingham Police Department ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Protective Life Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Southeastern Conference ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Southeastern Conference ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Southern Living ("Birmingham, Alabama")
headquartersLocation
Birmingham Barons ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Railroad Park ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Red Mountain Park ("Birmingham, Alabama")
UAB Blazers soccer teams ("Birmingham, Alabama")
UAB Blazers track and field teams ("Birmingham, Alabama")
city
Birmingham City Council ("City of Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham City Jail ("Municipal government of Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Police Department ("City of Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham municipal code ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Randall Woodfin ("City of Birmingham, Alabama")
jurisdiction
Fairfield, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Hoover ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Mountain Brook, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
adjacentTo
Babe Ruff ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Barons ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham Legion FC ("Birmingham, Alabama")
basedIn
Addie Mae Collins
Carole Robertson
Cynthia Wesley
burialPlace
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Parisian ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Presbyterian Church in America ("Birmingham, Alabama")
foundedIn
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Central Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Jefferson County, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
largestCity
Alabaster, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Homewood, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Shelby County, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locatedSouthOf
Helena, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Indian Springs Village, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Moss Rock Preserve ("Birmingham, Alabama")
near
Bull Connor
Giuseppe Moretti ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Randall Woodfin ("Birmingham, Alabama")
workLocation
Homewood, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Vestavia Hills, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
borderedBy
Birmingham City Council ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Birmingham City Council ("Downtown Birmingham")
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Montevallo, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Talladega Superspeedway ("Birmingham, Alabama")
nearestMajorCity
Interstate 20 ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Interstate 59 ("Birmingham, Alabama")
passesThrough
Crescent ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Interstate 65 ("Birmingham, Alabama")
servesCity
Fairfield, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
Leeds, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
suburbOf
The Magic City ("Birmingham, Alabama")
appliesTo
Birmingham City Council ("Birmingham, Alabama")
appliesToJurisdiction
UAB Blazers men's basketball team ("Birmingham, Alabama")
arenaLocation
Ollie’s Barbecue case ("Birmingham, Alabama")
aroseIn
Edward O. Wilson
birthPlace
Diocese of Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
cathedralLocatedIn
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ("Birmingham, Alabama")
centeredOn
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport ("Birmingham, Alabama")
cityServed
Letter from Birmingham Jail ("Birmingham, Alabama")
cityWritten
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers ("Birmingham, Alabama")
concernsLocation
U.S. Route 280 ("Birmingham, Alabama")
connectsCity
Jefferson County, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
contains
Eastern United States ("Birmingham, Alabama")
containsCity
East South Central States ("Birmingham, Alabama")
containsMajorCity
Randall Woodfin ("City of Birmingham, Alabama")
employer
SEC Championship Game ("Birmingham, Alabama")
firstCity
Birmingham City Council ("Birmingham, Alabama")
governs
Birmingham City Council ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasCapital
Alabama State Fairgrounds ("Birmingham, Alabama (approximate)")
hasCoordinateLocation
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument ("Downtown Birmingham")
hasCoordinateRegion
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasGeographicContext
Diocese of Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasHeadquarters
SEC Baseball Tournament ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasHostedCity
Yellowhammer State ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasLargestCityOfTarget
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasMajorCity
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasPrincipalCity
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
hasSeat
Birmingham Legion FC ("Birmingham, Alabama")
homeVenueLocation
Blaze the Dragon ("Birmingham, Alabama")
homeVenueRegion
Central Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
includes
Randall Woodfin ("Birmingham, Alabama")
isMayorOf
Alabaster ("Birmingham, Alabama")
isSuburbanCityOf
Birmingham City Council ("Birmingham, Alabama")
legislativeBodyFor
Clanton, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locatedBetween
Gardendale, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locatedNorthOf
Harpersville, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locatedSoutheastOf
Katzenbach v. McClung ("Birmingham, Alabama")
locationOfBusiness
Samford University ("Birmingham, Alabama")
movedTo
Columbiana, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
nearbyCity
Alabama Splash Adventure ("Birmingham, Alabama")
nearCity
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument ("Birmingham, Alabama")
nearestCity
Fultondale, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
neighboringCommunity
Giuseppe Moretti ("Vulcan, Birmingham, Alabama")
notableWork
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area ("Birmingham, Alabama")
occurredInJurisdiction
Alabama State Fairgrounds ("City of Birmingham, Alabama")
ownedBy
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company ("Birmingham, Alabama")
partOfEconomicHistoryOf
Interstate 59 ("downtown Birmingham, Alabama")
passesNear
Giuseppe Moretti ("Birmingham, Alabama")
placeOfActivity
Ollie McClung, Sr. ("Birmingham, Alabama")
placeOfBusiness
A Call for Unity ("Birmingham, Alabama")
placeOfOrigin
Fred Shuttlesworth
placeOfResidence
Hugo L. Black
practicedLawIn
The Magic City ("Birmingham, Alabama")
refersTo
Birmingham Steel and Iron Company ("Birmingham, Alabama")
regionServed
Fultondale, Alabama ("downtown Birmingham, Alabama")
roadAccessTo
Children's Crusade (1963) ("downtown Birmingham")
routeIncludes
Seaboard Air Line Railroad ("Birmingham, Alabama")
routeTerminus
Crescent ("Birmingham, Alabama")
routeVia
Jefferson County, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
seat
Diocese of Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
seeCity
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ("Birmingham, Alabama")
servedCity
Why We Can’t Wait ("Birmingham, Alabama")
setting
Pelham, Alabama ("Birmingham, Alabama")
suburbanOf
Vulcan statue ("Birmingham, Alabama")
symbolOf
U.S. Route 280 ("Birmingham, Alabama")
westernTerminusNear

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