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!
Review: William Christenberry explores Alabama's relationship with past and present at the Ogden
Only a deeply empathetic artist can convey how the region's history of racial strife intermingles with the soulfulness of its land and people. The late ...
On this day in Alabama history: Lena Brock 'Mom' Speer was born
Lena Brock “Mom” Speer of the Singing Speer Family, a popular gospel group that made more than 60 recordings, was born in Cullman County.
| Marine conference to include look at Clotilda science
The Alabama Historical Commission has moved to protect the site; as yet, no decision has been made about whether the wreckage will be excavated ...
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| Italian dignitaries in town for start of renovation work on upscale downtown restaurant
Pietrasanta, founded in 1255 on the coast of northern Tuscany, has an early art historical connection to Alabama. More: Tale of 2 cities: Montgomery, ...
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Soil collection ceremony honors one of Montgomery County's lynching victims
In addition to a jar of soil going to the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, other jars are headed to the Montgomery County Historical ...
Latest ideas on the sinking of the Hunley:[Confederate submarine built in Mobile]
https://www.thestate.com/news/ local/military/ article236813773.html
https://abcnews4.com/news/ local/researchers-hunleys-air- circulation-system-may-not- have-functioned-before-sub- vanished
https://www.archaeology.org/ news/8154-191101-submarine- air-system
https://www.thestate.com/news/ local/military/ article236813773.html
https://abcnews4.com/news/ local/researchers-hunleys-air- circulation-system-may-not- have-functioned-before-sub- vanished
https://www.archaeology.org/ news/8154-191101-submarine- air-system
| Alabama is home to 3rd most endangered species in the nation; Here's what we can do about it
Alabama has a lot of endangered species because it has a lot of species ... His book on Alabama biodiversity is aimed at general audiences, not ...
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| "Mockingbird" Courthouse Gets Preservation Grant
The south Alabama courthouse linked to Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a ... Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning book used the red-brick courthouse as the model ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Author, businessman died
Clifford Lanier (1844-1908) was the younger brother of poet and musician Sidney Lanier and died of tuberculosis at age 39. The brothers served ...
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Butler County Celebrates 200th Birthday
Butler County is celebrating its 200th birthday this year- along with the state of Alabama's 200th Bicentennial. A special celebration was held Saturday ...
Kathleen Varn Has Released New Historical Women's Fiction Novel - Gardenia Duty
Author Kathleen Varn has announced the release of her new historical women's fiction novel, ... In 1957 jobs are scarce in rural Ashland, Alabama.
| Does Ghost of Sumter County Sheriff Haunt Campus Bridge?
... University of West Alabama, has authored 30 books on paranormal activity. ... Valerie Burnes, the president of the Sumter Historical Society, teaches ...
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6 Alabama constitutions on display for bicentennial celebration
6 Alabama constitutions on display for bicentennial celebration ... Alabama Department of Archives and History's “We the People: Alabama's Defining ...
| Traveling Alabama bicentennial exhibit to open Tuesday in Decatur
After a 19-month, 66-county tour, “Making Alabama,” a bicentennial traveling exhibit celebrating the state's history, will open in Decatur on Tuesday.
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On this day in Alabama history: World War II hero died
John Geraerdt Crommelin Jr. (1902-1996) was one of five brothers from Wetumpka who were named the “Indestructibles” by Time magazine in 1944.
| Spooky happenings at an old Alabama Mental Hospital
“It's a spooky place, in a lot of ways,” said Tommy Stonecypher of the Mt. Vernon Historical Society. “I'm sure if there's such a thing as paranormal ...
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| CMS holds Alabama Bicentennial Birthday Bash
Prior to the birthday bash, students had participated in other Alabama-related activities in their art, history and social studies classes. “Our state has ...
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| Bo Jackson prominent in top 100 runs in NFL history
The runs with Alabama football roots selected for the top 100 include: ... in NFL history with a 99-yard run from scrimmage with a stiff-armed-filled romp ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Cobb suffered accident
William Robert Winfield Cobb (1807-1864) served in the Alabama House of Representatives (1845-47) and U.S. House of Representatives (1847-61) ...
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| Paranormal activity surrounds Blakeley State Park, some suggest
“We're on the largest battlefield in the state of Alabama,” says Mike Bunn, Director of Historic Blakeley State Park. A battle occurred here many years ...
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| Book club to read 'Finding Langston'
Book club to read 'Finding Langston' ... an African American boy whose mother died, moves with his father from beautiful Alabama with its magnolia ...
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| Exonerated Alabama death row inmate shares his story to Wilmington audience
That's part of the reason he wrote the book “The Sun Does Shine: How I found Life and Freedom on Death Row”, that was featured by Oprah's Book ...
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