Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these articles are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!
| History of man who worked on "Death Railroad" in Japan presented in Centre
The documented history of Benjamin Earl Weaver and the USS Houston has been presented to the Cherokee County Library in Centre, Alabama.
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Alabama mansion in ghost show has intriguing history
Alabama Highway 59 through Monroe County is flanked by fields dotted with haybales and modest farmhouses until, past a row of trees and a long dirt ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: President Warren Harding visits Birmingham for semicentennial ...
President Warren G. Harding's visit to Birmingham on Oct. 26, 1921, was the highlight of a weeklong 50th anniversary celebration at Capitol Park (Now ...
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| The Alabama City That Doesn't Run From Its Cruel Past
But this Alabama town (an hour from the perennial queer hotspot of Pensacola, Fla.) has LGBTQ visitors coming for the food, music, history, and ...
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| State College-Delta students take civil rights trip in Alabama
Middle school and high school students from the Delta program in State College, went to different historical spots and museums across Alabama.
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| SHS students learn Alabama history through art
Students in the Straughn High School Art Guild honored Alabama's Bicentennial by creating a massive foam map. Art Guild sponsor Bettina Shiver ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: First class of Alabama Academy of Honor announced
The first 14 members of the Alabama Academy of Honor were announced on Oct. 25, 1968, and inducted on Aug. 25, 1969. Each year, 10 members ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Abraham Mordecai was born
Abraham Mordecai was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 24, 1755. It is believed he took part in the American Revolution before settling in ...
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| Alabama Read 200 author to speak at UWA
The University of West Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Library will host a book talk by author Dr. G. Ward Hubbs on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 2 until 4 p.m. The ...
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| 'Alabama Story' coming to The Studio Theater in Carmel, Indiana
The play, by Kenneth Jones, is based on the story of Hoosier librarian Emily Wheelock Reed, who kept the book available for request even as a ...
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Segregationists wanted to ban a book about bunnies. A Hoosier librarian refused.
The story itself is about Alabama, but at its center is a woman who grew up in Indiana. It began in 1959 with a children's book about a black rabbit who ...
| ALABAMA Inducted into Musicians Hall of Fame; Receives First-Ever Lifetime Achievement Award
ALABAMA, the most successful band in the history of country music, has been formally inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Last night, October ...
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| “Selma: A Bicentennial History” By: Alston Fitts III
“Selma: A Bicentennial History”. Author: Alston Fitts III. Publisher: University of Alabama Press. Pages: 360. $39.95 (Cloth). Alston Fitts, originally from ...
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| Community attends funeral of veteran with no family
A funeral was held at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo for veteran Edward Prokes, Jr., an Air Force veteran who passed away Oct. 9.
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| Slow Progress on Effort to Honor Selma's First Black Mayor
“I think it's very befitting that the park be renamed after former mayor James Perkins because he was the first African-american mayor of the historical ...
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| University students help town of Shorter identify deceased in old cemetery
“We will also work with the community to submit an application to the Alabama Historical Commission for the cemetery to be listed on the Alabama ...
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Taylor receives prestigious archivist award
Taylor, who chairs the Black Heritage Council and is the first African-American president of the Alabama Historical Association, is recognized as an ...
| On this day in Alabama history: Vulcan's torch turns green for the first time
Vulcan's torch was lit at a dedication ceremony on Oct. 23, 1946, and remained green for nine days. It then turned red, for the first time alerting citizens ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Boxer Deontay Wilder was born
Deontay Wilder was born in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 22, 1985. After graduating from Central High School, Wilder went to Shelton State Community College ...
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Historical marker unveiled at local church cemetery
This marker means the cemetery is listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. The marker was erected this year by the Tallapoosa County ...
| WWII Veteran Visits USS Alabama to remember
When a WWII veteran visits, the battleship park staff records an oral history of their memories. “It allows us to interpret the ship and the sub in a very ...
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| Historical marker unveiled at local church cemetery
This marker means the cemetery is listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. The marker was erected this year by the Tallapoosa County ...
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Burial service held for Alabama veteran identified from WWII
MONTEVALLO – A World War II veteran who perished in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was laid to rest at the Alabama National Cemetery on ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Former Southern Company President Alvin Vogtle was born
Alvin Vogtle, born in Birmingham on Oct. 21, 1918, graduated with a bachelor's degree from Auburn University in 1939 and went on to study law at the ...
On this day in Alabama History: The Alabama Crimson Tide made their television debut
The Alabama Crimson Tide made their television debut facing off against rival Tennessee. The 1951 season was an interesting one for the Tide.
| Locals spend a day in the cemetery: Annual Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll
A walk through the cemetery doesn't normally sound like something to smile about, but there are no tears in one of Huntsville's most historic grave ...
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| A Walk Through Time
People walk through Forrest Cemetery on Sunday, Oct. 20 during its annual Walk Through Time event. ... Steve Hildebrant portrays William Patrick Lay, who was the founder of the Alabama Power Company, on Sunday, Oct. 20 ...
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