For a number of years I've been posting links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles in the "alabamahistory" group at Yahoo!Groups. Most of the articles are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio websites. You can subscribe to the emails there if you wish; I send out two or three a week along with relevant meeting announcements and so forth.
Here's the latest batch:
| Tours of f ive historic churches in Oxford begin next week
Attention to Alabama's rich history during the Alabama Bicentennial can start with a focus on the tangible past in our own hometown. The tour presents ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Auburn renamed stadium in honor of football coach Shug Jordan
On Oct. 6, 1973, Ralph “Shug” Jordan became the first active football coach in the nation to have a stadium named in his honor. In a special ceremony ...
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| 16th Street Baptist Church added to list of protected sites
The historic church in downtown Birmingham was added to the African ... The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church joins other Alabama sites in the NPS ...
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Free walking tours explore Huntsville's rich history
October is Huntsville History Month, and what better way to celebrate the Rocket City's rich history than with a free, guided historic walking tour?
America's last slave ship could offer a case for reparations
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama steamship owner Timothy Meaher financed the last slave vessel that brought African captives to the United States, and he ...
Bankhead House hosting Bicentennial Traveling exhibit
"Making Alabama: A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit" will open at the ... The exhibit groups Alabama history into eight periods that span from the state's ...
| Fallen Tuskegee Airman Honored at the Tuskegee Airmen Historic Site Museum
“The history, the legacy, is so powerful and unfortunately not a lot people know about it as many as would expect in Alabama,” said Brig. Gen. William ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Former US Rep. James Cobb was born
James Cobb was born in Thomaston, Georgia, on Oct. 5, 1835. He received his law degree from Emory University in Atlanta in 1856. During the Civil ...
| Montevallo DRC approves COA request for mural project
Funded through The University of Alabama Council for Economic ... Mary Shell with the Alabama Historical Commission to ask about guidelines for ...
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Birmingham Gets Back to Distilling Liquor
Traywick says beer brewers were the first in Alabama to push for easing of statewide alcohol restrictions and local breweries are now branching out ...
| UM celebrating 123rd Founders' Day
The theme was taken from the book “Alabama College, 1896-1969″ written by former UM professor of history Lucille Griffith. In the preface of the ...
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| Traveling Alabama Bicentennial exhibit to debut at GMA on Friday
14, a traveling exhibit depicting some of the most important points in the state's history continues making its way to each county. “Making Alabama” will ...
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| Taste a little Alabama football history at this iconic restaurant
Almost everything about Tuscaloosa's Historic Waysider Restaurant -- or simply “The Waysider,” as everybody knows it -- practically yells “Roll Tide!
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| On this day in Alabama history: Pulitzer Prize winner Harold Eugene Martin was born
Born on Oct. 4, 1923, Harold Eugene Martin lived in Cullman County and later moved to Birmingham. He was inspired to take up his career during his ...
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| Bicentennial to be celebrated at Old Cahawba
Tomorrow, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), in collaboration with the Alabama Bicentennial Commission will ...
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Huntsville History Month returns
(WAFF) - Huntsville History Month is back for its second year. ... monthlong celebration is special because it coincides with Alabama's bicentennial and ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Nationally syndicated radio host Rick Burgess was born
Rick Burgess was born in Birmingham on Oct. 3, 1964, and grew up in Oxford. While attending Jacksonville State University, he worked at the college ...
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| Alabama history enthusiasts to converge on Wetumpka
Officials from Wetumpka and Elmore County will welcome members of the Alabama Historical Association (AHA) Oct. 11-12 as they take in the rich ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Former US Rep. Claude Harris died
Claude Harris, born in Bessemer on June 29, 1940, received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama in 1962 and his law ...
Was it the hottest September on record in Alabama? A look at the rankings
The top one is the rank for the entire climate history for the area. ... Several Alabama cities had their hottest September on record, according to data ...
Former AL state legislator Pete Turnham passes away at age 99
Turnham served 40 years in the Alabama Representatives. He was the longest serving member in the history of the Alabama legislature and one of ...
Historic Pink House in Homewood sold
The Homewood Alabama Historical Preservation Society's efforts paid off after they found someone to buy the Historic Pink House in Homewood.
| Quilt Display at Belle Mont
Belle Mont, the historic house museum owned by the Alabama Historical Commission, was built circa 1828. It is one of Alabama's most distinguished ...
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Henry County celebrates 200 years of history
Henry County, filled with history and Southern charm, will celebrate its 200 th birthday in December. It was created just one day before Alabama ...
| 'Discovering Alabama' premieres Tuscaloosa segment
'Discovering Alabama' premieres Tuscaloosa segment .... for environmental information and education at UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History, ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs begins operations
With thousands of World War II returning veterans qualified for increased federal benefits, the American Legion Department of Alabama began calling ...
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