It began in 1972 with Canadian Neil Young’s disgust at the images on his television screen over the past several years: Bull Connor, fire hoses turned on civilians, dogs. And they all seemingly arose in the streets of one town — Birmingham. In those iconic clips, Young would find the inspiration for his his anti-segregationist track Alabama and the far angrier Southern Man several years earlier. Though his ire was directed at more than Alabama, when one of the gold standards on Billboard’s No. 1 album (Harvest) was added to those scenes on nightly television, decades-long history of bad acts, Wallace’s schtick at Foster auditorium and his equally infamous segregation now.
5 Things to Love About Alabama: “Sweet Home...” — America’s complicated, misunderstood homecoming anthem
