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What does it take to build a better Alabama? Chris Sanders, Communications Director for the nonprofit Alabama Arise has some thoughts. He talks with Quick-Fire Quips host Baillee Majors about how grassroots power is transforming the Yellowhammer State, the not-so-hidden gems of Montgomery and his superstitions that keep Alabama Crimson Tide football winning. Plus, the mentality off, "We go further when we go together."

The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who endured slavery's brutality. The park opening March 27 is the third site created by the Equal Justice Initiative, which is dedicated to taking an unflinching look at the nation's history.

2013 marks the 50th anniversary of many pivotal moments in the civil rights era in Alabama. The movement would lead to desegregation of schools and…