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Oxford is a city in Calhoun, Talladega, and Cleburne counties in the State of Alabama, United States. The population was 22,069 at the 2020 census ,. [2] Oxford is one of two principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area, and it is the largest city in Calhoun County by population.
The Birmingham City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It has nine members elected by district, and regularly meets on Tuesday mornings at Birmingham City Hall. The council has 11 subcommittees, each of which contains three members. The council was formed in 1963, when the city adopted ...
Second son of Joshua Scholefield, one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832. 2. Philip Henry Muntz. 1839–1840. 2. Councillor, alderman, mayor, justice of the peace and representative of Birmingham in Parliament. 3. Samuel Beale. 1841.
The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [1] was a violent disturbance that occurred at the University of Mississippi —commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as Segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American man James Meredith.
Campaign website. Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Bell. [1] He previously served as president of the Birmingham City School Board (2013–2015) and as a city attorney of ...
Mayor-Council Act of 1955. The Mayor-Council Act was a law passed by the Alabama State Legislature which restructured the municipal government of the City of Birmingham. It was intended to provide the citizens of Birmingham with more appropriate representation in government that was reflective of population changes during the century.
Phil Hawker (born 1962) – footballer. William Haywood (1876–1957) – architect, town planner, and secretary of Birmingham Civic Society. John Hemming (born 1960) – Member of Parliament and businessman [1] Lee Hendrie (born 1977) – Aston Villa, later Basford United F.C. midfielder. Duane Henry (born 1985) – actor.
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign. In response, local African-Americans burned businesses and fought police throughout the downtown area.