Malone-Hood PlazaUniversity of Alabama
(Courtesy Cokie Thompson)
Memphis, my hometown, is a special brand of Southern, a brand I think best described in the Memphis Grizzlies’ unofficial motto “Grit ‘N Grind.” I can’t think of a better word to sum up the feeling of sticky barbecue sauce on your fingers, late-July humidity (which hangs in the air more of the year than not), and Delta blues playing in the background than "grit."
Coming to Alabama was a bit of an adjustment. Alabama’s brand of southern is both more rural and more polished than Memphis, or so it would seem. What I knew about Alabama before I started school was beef cattle farming in Cullman County and the affluence of law and finance in Birmingham.
Coming to Alabama was a bit of an adjustment. Alabama’s brand of southern is both more rural and more polished than Memphis, or so it would seem. What I knew about Alabama before I started school was beef cattle farming in Cullman County and the affluence of law and finance in Birmingham.
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