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!
| “The Lynch Quilts Project” on exhibition at UAB from Feb. 3-March 15
“The Lynch Quilts Project,” which examines the history and ramifications of racial ... will be on exhibition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Feb. ... Quilting is the ideal choice to explore this history because of the great ...
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| Helena preservation group wants new members
HELENA — Calling all history buffs, especially those familiar with Helena. ... which are among the earliest structures of their kind in Alabama (coke is a hard, ... said one goal is to build walking trails connecting different historic sites.
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| 'The Lynch Quilts Project' On Exhibition At UAB
"The Lynch Quilts Project" examines the history and ramifications of racial violence in the United ... From the University of Alabama at Birmingham:.
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County Road 12: Old Alabama Town- a Neeley family tradition
Collier Neeley grew up around Old Alabama Town in downtown ... When it comes to Old Alabama Town History, Mary Ann Neeley was the source.
| It Came from the Archives: Henry County's 'unusually complete' history
By the 1990s, those plans included microfilming bound county records across the U.S. In 1998, the Alabama Department of Archives and History ...
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| First wild Eastern indigo snake found in Alabama in 60 years
(WIAT) — The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural ... and the Auburn Museum of Natural History made the discovery last week.
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| Demopolis Public Library hosting first meeting of new book club
The Demopolis Public Library will host the first After Hours Book Club ... Set in the small town of Wicklow, Alabama, “Midnight at the Blackbird Café” ...
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| BOOK REVIEW: 'Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick' by Zora Neale Hurston, edited with an ...
Born circa 1891 in Alabama, Zora Neale Hurston learned early to make her own way: she was just a teenager when her mother died, and when her ...
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| Patti Callahan Henry named recipient of the 2020 Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished ...
Henry is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including the critically-acclaimed historical novel, “Becoming Mrs. Lewis – The ...
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| 'Alabama in Fourteen Foods' author to speak to Clarke Historical Society
Emily Blejwas will be the speaker for the January meeting of the Clarke County Historical Society. Blejwas will be speaking on her book, “The Story of ...
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| US Air Force Names New Jet Fighter Trainer in Honor of Tuskegee Airmen
These were African-American crews, maintainers, and air traffic controllers who trained at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama beginning in 1940.
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Roscoe Nance, Legendary Sportswriter, Alabama Native, Laid to Rest
Before that he made history — and covered history — as Mississippi's first African American sportswriter at a mainstream newspaper, The ...
| Hitting the trail: Local artwork featured in the Alabama Mural Trail
“With Cullman's murals, it tells the history of the community,” said Susan Eller of the Cullman Economic Development Agency. “Many of the buildings in ...
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Can Gee's Bend—the Tiny Alabama Community Behind America's Most Dazzling Quilts—Become ...
... and become broadly recognized as an important part of American art history. But back in Gee's Bend—the tiny Alabama hamlet formally known as ...
| Wallace State professor uncovers lost Civil War history
The United States Colored Troops, which has a connection to Athens, are featured as the cover story in the latest edition of Alabama Heritage ...
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| Crusading Birmingham editor Emory O. Jackson focus of MLK Memorial Lecture
Emory Overton Jackson was a man “born for battle” and a “roll-up-your-sleeves kind of journalist” during a crucial period in history, said author ...
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Writer, Valley native to speak at library
His father, James Glover Patterson (1933-2003), served in the nationalized Alabama National Guard during three significant historical events: the ...
| Exhibit honors 'Women of Limestone'
University of North Alabama public history student Josh Grigsby and UNA graduates Julia McGee and Lacie Rowe researched and gathered images ...
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| Alabama lynching memorial expands to cover the stories of 2000 more people
MONTGOMERY, AL – APRIL 26: Markers display the names and locations of ... For Peace And Justice on April 26, 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama. ... the physical environment is intended to foster reflection on America's history of ...
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| Timothy Duncan Alabama Poet Emotional Poems Collection Launched
Timothy Duncan Alabama Poet Emotional Poems Collection Launched ... The newly launched book features a range of poems design to cut to the ...
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| New book surveys Auburn architecture
“For a long time, people would say 'Where are you from?, and I mean 60 years, I'd still be saying Ozark, Alabama,” Sparrow said. “I'm never going to ...
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| New welcome center opens for Alabama lynching memorial, museum
The organization said they are also proud to present new content about America's history “that is essential for understanding our past and improving ...
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Gadsden Public Library to convert Alabama City branch into genealogy library
Gadsden Public Library to convert Alabama City branch into genealogy ... the historic Nichols Library operated by the Northeast Alabama Historical ...
Mountain Brook author wins 2020 Harper Lee Award
Fittingly, the Alabama Writer's Forum's annual top prize for a distinguished ... She's been prolific since moving to Alabama, producing six books here, ...
Alabama Music Hall of Fame celebrates 30th anniversary in 2020
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame (AMHOF) has been cataloging and putting on display the many pieces of Alabama's musical history for 30 years.
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Wallace State professor uncovers lost Civil War history
Leading up to Black History Month, the just-released Winter 2020 issue of Alabama Heritage Magazine has as its cover story “'Fighting for Freedom': ...
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