The meaning of those diagonal lines isn't stated on the map's key, but what was plainly understood then, in Jim Crow-era Birmingham, is that they represented areas where blacks, by a local law ...

On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. penned his epic “Letter From Birmingham Jail ... Southern life and culture and the Rucker Agee map collection, which serves as a history of cartography ...

The one-of-a-kind touchtable map features famous ... to be working with the Library of Birmingham and feel this project demonstrates what a great space our libraries are for public engagement.” ...