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:
Scottsboro man selling 'Bear' Bryant's former car
(WAFF) - A piece of college football history and Alabama history is in a garage ... “'Bear' Bryant was the head football coach at Alabama somewhere in ...
Former Banks High School has a long history in Birmingham
A football game between Banks High and Woodlawn in 1974 is regarded by some as one of the biggest high school football games in Alabama history ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Musician Charlie Stripling was born
Charlie Melvin Stripling was born on this day in Pickens County. He acquired a fiddle as a teenager and became Alabama's most accomplished fiddler ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Astronaut Jan Davis launched her last space flight
Secretary of State John Merrill on Tuesday outlined the impact of Alabama Act 2019-507, which became effective on August 1 and establishes new ...
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16th Annual Taste of 4th Ave. Jazz Festival
... Avenue Business District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, includes the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, The Colored Masonic Temple, ...
Old School Sing-a-long to go a long with Alabama's bicentennial celebration
To go along with the state of Alabama's bicentennial celebration, the Covington Historical Society is bringing back a favorite pastime for the local ...
| Author and photographer to present work at Wild South event Sunday
His book, Alabama Outdoors: The Sky, the Sea, and All Between, offers a collection of photographs highlighting the state's diverse wildlife and ...
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| Weathering Life: the autobiography of James Spann
As a youngster living in rural south Alabama, James Spann was fascinated by summertime thunderstorms and what lay behind them. “Almost every ...
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| Three generations of book authors: Mother, son and great-grandson share life experiences, stories
Authored by Auburn University graduate and Hartford, Alabama native Betty ... Those experiences gave her confidence in the book-writing world.
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EPL puts Alabama, Enterprise history on display
The Enterprise Public Library has set up an exhibit revolving around Alabama's and the city's history in celebration of the state's bicentennial and the ...
| Alabama treasurer 'Honest Ike' stole $200000 and fled the state in 1883
He was praised for lowering Alabama's debt, perhaps earning him the ... according to the book, “AlabamaGovernors: A Political History of the State,” ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Astronaut Jan Davis launched her last space flight
Astronaut Jan Davis boarded her last flight into space on the Discovery, completing 189 orbits and traveling 4.7 million miles. She joined NASA in ...
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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Zero' was shot in Alabama - Here's how you can explore it!
A good portion of the movie was filmed in Huntsville, Alabama. ... In the center of Alabama are the historical cities of Birmingham and Montgomery.
| Brittany Howard: “History Repeats”
Brittany Howard is the driving force behind Alabama Shakes with her powerful voice, guitar style and presence. Inspired by a cross-country road trip ...
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Tupper celebrates bicentennial with August events
Wills said he has traveled the entire state of Alabama, documenting ... “We invite all of those who are interested in Alabama's history to bring lunch and ...
Dread River is an Alabama Maker distilling spirits in style
Dread River is an Alabama Maker distilling spirits in style ... is the largest distillery in Alabama, featuring a menu that celebrates Alabama's history.
| Volunteers keep history alive in tiny Blountsville
Indeed, in 2016 the Blountsville Historical Society was awarded the Small Town Preservation Award from the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation ...
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Why are people leaving pennies on Harper Lee's grave?
A simple granite stone marks the grave Alabama's most celebrated novelist, ... Another sister, Frances Lee Conner, is buried in Fairview Cemetery in ...
Possumhaw: Way back when
R.C. White's book "Ten Million Kisses" turned over in my hands. ... Lois Cochran was a small-town girl from Alabama going to a nearby college.
| TUSCALOOSA 200 MOMENT IN HISTORY: Papermaking in Tuscaloosa
Papermaking in Tuscaloosa. The Tuskaloosa Paper Company began in 1849 as one of only two nineteenth-century Alabama papermills. The plant ...
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| Alabama bicentennial book has strong Houston County presence
Alabama's newly released bicentennial book, benefitting fourth-grade ... spent over two years creating this unique book in Alabama's literary history.
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| On this day in Alabama history: Hamilton Cleverdon was born
Cleverdon grew up with music in his Washington, D.C., home. When the family moved back to Birmingham he applied to the Alabama School of Fine ...
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