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!
| Birmingham's Buck Buchanan makes NFL's centennial all-star team
... with Buchanan selected as one of the seven best defensive tackles in the league's 100-year history. Three other players with Alabama football roots ...
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| Fire guts another historic Huntsville home
Fire heavily damaged this house in Huntsville's Twickenham Historic District ... is one of the largest collections of pre-Civil War era homes in Alabama.
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| Rosa Parks Statue to Be Unveiled in Alabama
The unveiling coincides with the anniversary of Parks' historic Dec. 1, 1955 ... the Alabama Department of Tourism and the Montgomery Area Business ...
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How a Meteorite Ruined an Alabama Woman's Afternoon 65 Years Ago Today
The piece that didn't hit Hodges landed a few miles away and is now in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
| On this day in Alabama history: Bo Jackson was born
Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson was a standout athlete at McAdory High School in McCalla, winning two state decathlon titles, throwing baseball ...
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| Pond Spring Invites Patrons to Stroll Through a Christmas Past
Pond Spring: The General Joe Wheeler Home, a historic property of the Alabama Historical Commission, is located in Lawrence County in Hillsboro, ...
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| Legion Field: Future unsure after century of history
Alabama's Million Dollar Band marches during the 1970 Iron Bowl. ... for nearly a century, but some believe the Old Gray Lady's years are numbered.
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| On this day in Alabama history: Yolande Betbeze Fox was born
Yolande Betbeze Fox's stunning stand shook the pageant world in 1951. But before that day, she had already built a reputation as strong-minded and ...
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| 'Africaville' author Jeffrey Colvin finds a good read wherever life takes him
Colvin, who grew up in Alabama, served in the Marine Corps and is a graduate of the United ... He'll discuss his new book at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec.
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| America's last slave ship could offer a case for reparations
Alabama steamship owner Timothy Meaher financed the last slave vessel that brought African captives to the ... he was cleared of charges by a judge, according to “Dreams of Africa in Alabama,” a book by Dr. Sylviane A. Diouf.
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Montgomery premiere of 'Just Mercy,' film based on Bryan Stevenson book to raise city's profile
“A lot of people that never really had Montgomery or Alabama on their radar are now interested in coming,” said Dawn Hathcock, vice president of the ...
| Howard Cruse, acclaimed Alabama-born underground comics artist, dead at 75
Alabama native Howard Cruse, a trailblazer in the underground comics world ... Gay Comix was an anthology featuring LGBT comic book authors and ...
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| Beyond the Poarch Creek Indians, there's a lot more to Alabama's native american history
In more recent history, many in Alabama have become accustomed to reading headlines about the Poarch Creek Indians earning millions from its ...
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| Johnson: Nancy Gardner Sewell has seen racial change, though Alabama 'still has miles to go'
As Alabama celebrates its 200th birthday in December, as it rolls out a unique, colorful—and, yes, at times embarrassing—historical narrative, ...
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Pioneer Museum of Alabama puts postcard collection on display
Pioneer Museum of Alabama puts postcard collection on display ... Perhaps, Union Springs history buff Wade Hall was thinking about the value of a ...
| Alabama Bicentennial commemoration nears grand finale
Over the last three years, the Bicentennial Commission, the Alabama Tourism Department, the Department of Archives and History, the Alabama ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Izzy Jannazzo went the distance
From almost from the beginning, Isadoro Anthony “Izzy” Jannazzo was a fighter. Born in the Ensley community near Birmingham in 1915, he took up ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Clarence Fountain was born
Clarence Fountain was a student during the 1940s at the segregated Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega when he and four friends formed a ...
| Alabama 200: See top 10 sports moments in Alabama history
In commemoration of Alabama's bicentennial, AL.com and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame collaborated to identify the top 200 sports moments in ...
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| The story of us: Alabama history 10000 BC to now
Today, on the occasion of the soon-to-arrive Bicentennial of our statehood, here's a timeline of Alabama history, following its course from the age of ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Auburn beat Alabama for sixth straight time
The Auburn Tigers overcame the Alabama Crimson Tide 17-10 on this day in the Iron Bowl. The 25th ranked Tigers beat the Crimson Tide during ...
| 'The most emotional day in Auburn history': Impact of 1989 Iron Bowl still being felt 30 years later
The Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama always is, no matter the stakes. And this one had plenty of stakes. The Crimson Tide were 10-0 and ...
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| In 1954, an Extraterrestrial Bruiser Shocked This Alabama Woman
In 1954, an Extraterrestrial Bruiser Shocked This Alabama Woman .... for a while before donating it to the Alabama Museum of Natural History. Another ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Marx Brothers played the Lyric
The Lyric Theatre first opened its doors in January 1914 during a boom period for the young city of Birmingham. Boasting more than 1,500 seats, ...
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Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum to commemorate Rosa Parks Day
The bill's passage made Alabama one of four states to designate holidays in ... Her historic election in 2000 represented the first time in the more than ...
| Alabama Bicentennial celebrated at Decatur High School
Decatur High School is celebrating Alabama's Bicentennial. Students gathered in the auditorium Friday morning to learn about Alabama's history and ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Former state Treasurer Young Boozer III was born
Birmingham native Young Boozer III grew up in Tuscaloosa, the son of University of Alabama football star Young Boozer. He earned a bachelor's ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: US Rep. George Huddleston was married
On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, 1917, Alabama Congressman George Huddleston married Bertha L. Baxley and the couple would have five children.
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New Hope Rosenwald School receives donation
FREDONIA — Members of the New Hope Foundation met with representatives of the Coosa Valley Resource Conservation & Development Council ...
| Before Writing 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Harper Lee Loved Alabama Football
If you had to guess who the biggest fan of Alabama football is, you might say any ... TRENDING: Book: Author Harper Lee Is An Alabama Football Fan ...
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| Author extols cultural, economic importance of Coosa River (with photos)
Many of those memories river residents have shared with Deutsch have made their way into his book, “Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge.
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