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:
Sean Dietrich: Stars align for this Southern boy's latest novel
That camper is where Sean wrote his latest novel “Stars of Alabama,” which was released on July 9. ... “I've never released a book like that before.”.
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| Harper Lee Also Wrote About Alabama Football
Like most rabid fans, she watched every Alabama game. ... She famously wouldn't publish another book for more than a half-century—and it turned ...
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| Birmingham Unveils First Historical Lynching Marker at Sloss Furnaces
... unveil the marker, said “Jake McKenzie and Tom Redmond are two names that must be remembered in Alabama's history. They were both victims of ...
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| IAC hosts exhibit by Alabama artist showcasing the darker truths about Alabama's history
The International Arts Center (IAC) is holding a reception with Mike Howard and his “Pivotal Moments in Alabama History” exhibit on Friday, Sept. 13.
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From Three on a String to Ken Burns documentaries, this Alabama Music Maker is making history
Bobby Horton has been interested in the Civil War since he was 9 years old, igniting his lifelong love of history. “Every adult male in my life, from my ...
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Painful reminder but necessary: Montevallo's new historic marker about a lynching
My adopted hometown -- Montevallo, Alabama - -is in the very heart of the Heart of Dixie, pretty near to the geographical center of the State of ...
On this day in Alabama history: Solomon Seay Jr. died
Solomon Snowden Seay Jr., born in Montgomery on Dec. 2, 1931, served in the U.S. Army in Korea before earning a law degree and passing the ...
| Frederic at 40: Retracing Alabama's only death from 1979 hurricane
Frederic at 40: Retracing Alabama's only death from 1979 hurricane ... Among the stories in that lineup is the tale of Alabama's only death directly ... contained a record of Eula's burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bayou La Batre.
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| Depot Days to offer new festivities
The Hartselle Historical Society will welcome Steve Murray from the Alabama Bicentennial Committee, who will share stories about Alabama's first 200 ...
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| New memorial at Sloss Furnaces will recognize local lynching victims
“Jake McKenzie and Tom Redmond are two names that must be remembered in Alabama's history. They were both victims of unspeakable hate and ...
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| New historical-marker trail honors Tuskegee-area history-makers
New historical-marker trail honors Tuskegee-area history-makers ... It also joins six other Alabama trail sites that comprise the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
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| Red Mountain Park was once a sea of stumps? Explore 200 years of landscape changes in Alabama
When I was in the 4th grade, I took my first Alabama history class. Without fail, each day, the teacher outlined Alabama on the chalkboard–the ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: NFL star Buck Buchanan was born
Buck Buchanan, born on this day in 1940, was a standout football and basketball player at A.H. Parker High School in Birmingham. He played football ...
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| Huntsville police release new information in cemetery investigation
Huntsville police release new information in cemetery investigation .... In order to build on historical land in the state of Alabama, according to the ...
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| New historical-marker trail honors Tuskegee-area history-makers
New historical-marker trail honors Tuskegee-area history-makers ... It also joins six other Alabama trail sites that comprise the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
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| Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx bring the pain in masterful 'Just Mercy'
If “Green Book” piqued your interest in racial relations in the South, just wait ... a wrongly accused Alabama man on death row in the 1980s and 90s.
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| New book features Huntsville's haunted past
She says Alabama's oldest Masonic Lodge is very haunted. “And when we ... Jacque wrote a book called “When Spirits Walk” about 15 years ago.
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On this day in Alabama history: Bessemer mayor, council voted to incorporate
Industrialist Henry Fairfield DeBardeleben founded Bessemer in 1886 after buying 4,000 acres of land for a planned new town in Jefferson County ...
| UA professor offers alternate campus tour highlighting enslaved people
Luna, a young, enslaved woman at the University of Alabama in 1850, was ... Green said she was inspired to research UA's history of slavery after a ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Race car driver Donnie Allison was born
Part of the “Alabama Gang” and brother of racing champion Bobby Allison and uncle of Davey Allison, Donald “Donnie” Allison was born Sept. 7, 1939 ...
| On this day in Alabama history: John Carroll Catholic High School opened
John Carroll Catholic High School is a private high school located just off Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham. It started with the vision of John Carroll ...
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Founder of Ross Neely Trucking dies
The founder of a 60-year-old Alabama trucking company has died. ... service will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery.
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