Yung Birmingham: The Genesis (Part 1)
The Ultimate Chronicle of Birmingham’s Young Professional Evolution
Post #10 of #20: I am celebrating 20 years in Birmingham with #20For20 — a series of reflections, insights and homages to my journey. Visit www.medium.com/HonestlyEd to read the full #20For20 series.
Four-Part Series
Yung Birmingham: The Ultimate Chronicle of Birmingham’s Young Professional Evolution
Part I: The Genesis (read below)
Part II: The Pivot
Part III: The Avalanche
Part IV: The Legacy
Energy is neither created or destroyed. — Julius Robert Mayer
We all inherit something from the generation that precedes us. We don’t get to choose what we get. That’s up to the odds and the gods. Our inheritance is derivative of the decisions of our foreparents. In the end, all of their victories and vicissitudes inure to us.
That energy must go somewhere, even if it seemingly dissipates into thin air. Even then, the quality of the air we breath is the legacy.
This series, Yung Birmingham, is about that energy and that legacy.
The Genesis
Birmingham’s Baby Boomers were born into a city with a population approaching 275,000 (headed toward 340,000), it was 60% white, the nation’s…
