For a number of years I've been posting links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles to 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:
| ASU celebrates 152nd birthday party
On Thursday, Alabama State University is celebrating the 152nd ... A State of Alabama historical marker stands in front of ASU's William Harper ...
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2019 Musicians Hall fo Fame inductees announced; ALABAMA to receive first-ever Lifetime ...
(WTVF) — The Musicians Hall of Fame announced their 2019 inductees today with some big names and musicians responsible for some of history's ...
Historic marker dedicated in Elsanor
After Campbell spoke about the upcoming culmination of Celebrating an Alabama 200 event in December, Merchant and Bedsole read the history of ...
Alabama's 'Father Goose' is as prolific a poet as ever
He celebrates the state's 200-year history with “Alabama, My Home Sweet Home,” which was chosen by the Alabama Chapter of the American ...
| The Cherokee writings in northern Alabama have been transcribed after more then 150 years
Manitou Cave holds history that many learn about early on in life. We learn about the Trail of Tears and that President Andrew Jackson forced the ...
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| Alabama's Elephant Mascot: The History of Big Al's Birth in Tuscaloosa
Only University of Alabama Crimson Tide football super fans know everything about their program's history. They damn sure know how legendary ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Boaz Seminary opened
In December 1898, the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church took control of a college preparatory high school in Boaz, and on July ...
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| 'Sword of Trust' review: In an Alabama pawn shop, a Civil War artifact attracts a confederacy of ...
A letter from Cynthia's grandfather explains the historical significance of the sword. It's surviving proof of the secret history of the Confederacy winning ...
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Alabama NewsCenter
Prieur Jay Higginbotham, who wrote books on local and world history and founded the Mobile Municipal Archives, was born in Pascagoula, ...| On this day in Alabama history: Gov. Reuben Chapman was born
At the age of 25, he traveled to Huntsville, where his older brother lived, and Alabama became home for the rest of his life. Chapman entered politics in ...
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| Local history and archaeology conference to begin Thursday
A conference focused on local history and archaeology will be held over the course of two days this week at the University of Alabama's Gadsden ...
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TUSCALOOSA 200 MOMENT IN HISTORY: Central Foundry reopens before Pearl Harbor
TUSCALOOSA 200 MOMENT IN HISTORY: Central Foundry reopens .... When demand dropped, a University of Alabama professor suggested that ...
| Why there aren't concerts in Bryant-Denny Stadium, the brief history of shows there
The 101,821-seat home of Alabama football has thin history of hosting concerts and a list of hurdles explain why there aren't plans for one anytime ...
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Ashley Chestnut getting students up to speed with history in 'Down in the Ham' series
She moved to Alabama to attend ministerial school and after completing ... The notion to write a book about Birmingham, combined with a coloring ...
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TUSCALOOSA 200 MOMENT IN HISTORY: Millions of volts
Born in the Jemison Mansion, Robert Van de Graaff earned two degrees from the University of Alabamabefore going to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
| Cotton, once king in Alabama, still rules on these family farms
Of course, any discussion of Alabama's early history of cotton production must include slavery. Planting, cultivating and picking cotton on a large scale ...
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Photographic historian's work preserves moments from AL'searly history
Her book Shot in Alabama showcases Alabama's photographic history from 1839 to 1941. She hopes folks who flip through these pages get a glimpse ...
On this day in Alabama history: Olympic star died
Olympic Hall of Fame member Alice Coachman died on July 14, 2014, in her hometown of Albany, Georgia. She moved to Tuskegee at the age of 16, ...
Sacred Harp Singing — Cullman County Courthouse 2019
... the last remaining courthouse Sacred Harp gathering in Alabama. ... are Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Bethsadia Baptist Church Cemetery.
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