How the Magic City Classic Divides – And Unites — Partisan Friends and Families

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. | For The Birmingham Times The battlelines are usually well established for the Magic City Classic. Either you bleed black and gold, or maroon and white. Either you swarm with the Hornets or you bark with the Bulldogs. But there are some people who have lived on the other side. And some of them can seamlessly – or somewhat seamlessly – traverse from the west stands of historic Legion Field to the east stands. And some are intentionally positioned in the middle. Here are the stories of some who have spent time on each side of his friendly civil war. Huntsville, Alabama, native Jennifer Anderson likes to say that she was trained to be a Bulldog, but retired from ASU. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr., Special To The Times) ‘You know I went to Alabama A&M, right?’ Huntsville Ala. native Jennifer Anderson earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in urban regional planning at Alabama A&M in her hometown and set out to find an employer where she could apply that skill. That employer wound up being rival Alabama State University in Montgomery. “When I finished my degree in urban planning, I came to Montgomery and I worked as...