Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son

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Viking, 1993 - Biography & Autobiography - 351 pages
On the 30th anniversary of Birmingham's cataclysmic racial violence, Paul Hemphill, "son of a blowhard racist truckdriver", returns to his hometown to explore the depth of social change in Birmingham in the years since--even as he comes to terms with his family and himself. Photos.

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