Everything points to those zip codes being "undesirable" areas even though, I would not call them "hoods" like you may see in bigger cities, more like low-income, majority African American areas, some of those lots have been on the MLS for over 5 years, so very low demand.One thing about Alabama is that, there are huge variations from city to city- Montgomery is not a desirable city,  Birmingham is going through some gentrification where you have homes in the 20-30K and 200-300K ranges in the same zip code.

It's a one horned African water buffalo. 

I have a real estate Mentorship group specifically for the African American community.

They did not tend to live in large apartment houses, as in New York, or in closely spaced row houses as in Philadelphia.[8] After New Deal labor legislation, auto-union secured wages and benefits facilitated this willingness to take on the cost and risk of home ownership.[8]These decentralizing trends, however, did not have equal effects on African-American residents of the city.

In Griggs, the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited the use of employment practices that have the effect of excluding racial minorities even if the employer did not intend to discriminate unless the employer can prove that the practice is related to job performance.If I remember correctly, I think the above case had to do with an African American employee applying for a job/promotion, but was turned down because he did not have a high school diploma. 

I am South African.

“Because of widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the US criminal justice system,” HUD’s new guidelines read, “criminal history-based restrictions on access to housing are likely disproportionately to burden African-Americans and Hispanics. . . .

I've seen countless FB discussions where some people (usually always young white people ironically) stirring this pot by saying things like how a black family simply cannot buy a home outside of the traditionally African American areas and especially places like Waukesha county, which is complete rubbish and I've seen first hand examples, not a whole lot but some, where it has worked out just fine.

If this helps (I've had birds, including finches, canaries, a sun conure, a blue and gold macaw and currently have a rescued african grey), Eclectus tend to be less loud than other parrots (that sun conure was great for a hearing impaired person!)

No, this is not an African Scam.