Cleaning out drawers and boxes and old cedar chests and the like, I continue to discover old photos. Just browse the album and add appropriate comments at the bottom of any of the photos. Warning! This album contains a few pictures of people we usually try to forget about -- you know, ex-wives, former in-laws, bratty kids, kidnappers, etc.
Woodlawn Methodist (c. 2005)
This is the church where Carol grew up. It was a famous place during the Civil Rights Movement because the pastor there, John Rutland Senior, openly attacked the famous Eugene "Bull" Connor from the pulpit. and that was with Bull, who was a member of the church, sitting right there. If you don't remember much history, Bull Connor was the head of Birmingham's Police and Fire Departments and he ordered the use of dogs and fire hoses to break up demonstrations. When all the other white clergy in Alabama were opposing the end of segregation, Rutland Senior was speaking out for racial justice. (The church still looks pretty much the same today as it did back in the 1950's when the next several pictures were taken.)