More Hidden History
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Hidden History: America's oldest ballpark was built on Birmingham memories
In the early days of Birmingham's steel industry, industrial titan Rick Woodward built a state of the art ballpark in the shadows of the Birmingham steel mills.
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Hidden History: A.G. Gaston leaves stamp on Birmingham through civil rights movement
Just around the corner from the famous Kelly Ingram Park is a motel full of civil rights history.
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Hidden History: Dreamland Barbecue, once almost a mortuary, becomes Alabama's flavor ambassador
Dreamland Barbeque has come a long way since it opened as a hillside cafe in Tuscaloosa in the late 1950's, and if it wasn't for a dream, Dreamland could have been a final resting place.
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Hidden History: Inside the wreck that could help find last US slave ship
The remains of what was thought to be the last known ship to bring slaves from Africa to America were discovered in the Mobile Delta.
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Hidden History: Jesse Owens Museum in Alabama stands as monument to overcoming adversity
Jesse Owens's accomplishments were monumental in the 20th Century, but the impact that this Alabama native had on the sporting world is still felt today, decades after his death.
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Hidden History: One man's bones tell a story of slavery
An enslaved man who passed in 1798, was used not only in life but in death by the surgeon who owned him.
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Hidden History: The history of Eatonville
About six miles north of the bustling city of Orlando is a tiny town steeped in history.
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Hidden History: 'Ellis Island' for African-Americans
Thousands of escaped slaves poured into Fort Monroe, which became known as "Freedom's Fort" and is even referred to as the "Ellis Island for African-Americans."
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