Editing Homewood, Alabama (section)

===Civil rights era===
In 1959, Homewood voters defeated a move by Birmingham to annex the city. In July 1964, a second annexation attempt allegedly succeeded, but voting issues and lawsuits caused the Alabama Supreme Court to rule the election null and void on September 9, 1966 (See "City of Birmingham v. Bouldin"). In a special election on December 13, 1966, another vote for annexation failed with 65% of Homewood residents voting against it.<ref name=":1" />

Homewood avoided the worst of the turmoil associated with the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and, more specifically, the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]'s 1963 [[Birmingham campaign]].<ref name=":1" /> However, in September 1963, the ''Shades Valley Sun'' newspaper reported on a racially motivated bombing on Central Avenue in Rosedale.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Homewood broke away created its own school system separate from the Jefferson County school system in 1970, opening the new Homewood High School in December 1972.<ref name=":1" />