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title: "4 Born Birmingham Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haley-joel-osment/my-parents-were-both-born-in-birmingham-alabama-and-come-from-large/)

[Haley Joel Osment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haley-joel-osment/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/haley-joel-osment-13043_born_my-parents-were-both-born-in-birmingham_525358.png)

> [You can't be born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955 and grow up in South Central near the Black Panthers headquarters and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/you-can-t-be-born-in-birmingham-alabama-in-1955-and-grow-up-in-south/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/kerry-james-marshall-5157_black-panther_you-can-t-be-born-in-birmingham-alabama_2152099.jpg)

> [I was born in Birmingham, and then I moved to Rotterdam when I was about five/six and then came back when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefflon-don/i-was-born-in-birmingham-and-then-i-moved-to-rotterdam-when-i-was/)

[Stefflon Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefflon-don/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/stefflon-don-12318_back_i-was-born-in-birmingham-and-then-i-move_2815000.jpg)

> [I was born in Birmingham and raised in Birmingham.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-phillips/i-was-born-in-birmingham-and-raised-in-birmingham/)

[Jess Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-phillips/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/jess-phillips-6587_birmingham_i-was-born-in-birmingham-and-raised-in-b_3234878.jpg)

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