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:
| Lawmakers vow to preserve historic tribal cemetery in path of border wall plans
Fifty to 150 graves are located at the historic Eli Jackson Cemetery, which is in such a remote .... children, fled from Alabama to the banks of the Rio Grande because they were being persecuted under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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| On the Beat with Harper Lee
How do you write the history of a book that was never written, by an author ... In Nixburg, Alabama, in the 1970s, friends and family of the charming ...
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| '200 Years Of Forgotten Alabama' Author To Present Program Thursday
The book features photographs of abandoned structures from all 67 of ... Wills has two other books – Forgotten Alabama and Forgotten Alabama 2.
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| Historic Home Atop Shades Mountain Listed At $2 Million
It is registered on the National Register of Historic Places, the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and on the Jefferson County Historical ...
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| Watch the trailer for 'The Crown', directed by Alabama photographer
Netflix finally dropped our first look at season three of the popular historical drama series, this time starring Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman as ...
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| The story behind Alabama barn quilts
All that history is documented in “Pieced Together,” a documentary about ... Anthony and Kitty Hackney, install the blocks on barns around Alabama.
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| UAH Archives and Department of History to Erect Historical Marker on Campus
The University of Alabama in Huntsville History Department, in conjunction with M. Louis Salmon Library Archives & Special Collections, plans to erect ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Satchel Paige struck out nine Kansas City Monarchs
Mobile native Satchel Paige had signed with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts in the semi-pro baseball leagues in 1926 but that team sold his contract ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Albert James Pickett was born
He wrote about science, agriculture and history. His definitive work was his “History of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the ...
| On this day in Alabama history: Earthquake shook Huntsville and north Alabama
An earthquake centered in Hazel Green in Madison County shook Huntsville and was felt over a 25-mile radius on this day in 1959. There were no ...
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| Were you Rosie the Riveter? Alabama-founded group wants you
Then an 18-year-old fresh out of high school in Kimberly, Alabama, she did her part during World War II taking shorthand and typing for military officers ...
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| My Turn: Betty Cotter: The evolution of Miss Alabama [Hannah Brown]
My Turn: Betty Cotter: The evolution of Miss Alabama .... Contestants who reveal something about their family or dating history are praised for being ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Julia Smith Oliver was born
Julia Oliver was a social worker and head administrator of what now is the AlabamaDepartment of Human Resources. She was born on this day in ...
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| Anniston library hosts author of 'Forgotten Alabama' books
The summer is winding down but there's still time for vacations. If you're on a “stay-cation” instead, why not take time to read a book? Here are two I ...
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| Inside the Statehouse: The Story of Floyd Mann
One of the legendary figures in Alabama political lore is Floyd Mann. ... the Patterson administration that Mann made his mark in Alabama history.
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| On this day in Alabama history: First-ever blues record by a black singer was made
Perry Bradford was born in Montgomery and left a legacy as a songwriter, bandleader, promoter and composer. Bradford is credited with breaking ...
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| Hartselle farmer makes history with new breed of sheep
Alabama will make culinary history with the debut of the Australian White USA Sheep Aug. 14 at Fagerman Farm in Hartselle. Owner Daniel Fagerman ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Marla Townsend became UAB's first softball coach
Marla Townsend became UAB's first softball coach on this day in 1998 when Athletic Director Gene Bartow announced her hiring. The team played its ...
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