Birmingham Experiencing Urban Renewal
By Jordan BarkinThe Huffington Post
In his Letter from Birmingham Jail the Rev Martin Luther King Jr wrote In a real sense all life is interrelated All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny More than 50 years after King was wrongfully imprisoned for his part in boycotts and unlawful gatherings integration in Birmingham has finally been achieved through urban renewal integration of races religions cultures and environments Things are not perfect but progress is being made and a cultural renaissance is developing in downtown Birmingham
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Museum of Art partnered in January to host American Rhapsody A Festival of American Music and Art One well attended event focused on Jewish American composers specifically Leonard Bernstein Aaron Copland and Richard Danielpour A standing ovation was given after the symphony and ASO chorus performed Bernstein s Chichester Psalms in Hebrew
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