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!
| Sawmill Days puts focus on rich North Baldwin history, traditions
STOCKTON, Alabama — The Stockton Heritage Association is teaming up with the Baldwin County Department of Archives and History to host this ...
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| City of Alexander City sorts millions of pages of documents
So far Bryan has sent requests to the Alabama Department of Archives and History to destroy 130 boxes of records. Of the records sorted since mid- ...
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Historic hotel hopes to welcome visitors to Selma after refurbishment
For now, remembrances of Selma's Civil Rights past may be the big drawing card for visitors to this city along the Alabama River. Gamble said the ...
Group hopes to locate possible slave graves at LaGrange Cemetery
Lenz, president of the LaGrange Living History Association, said the University of North Alabama studied the cemetery and found three graves about ...
Robin Boylorn on the Legacy of Henry Harris
Wendell Hudson was the first African American scholarship athlete in The University of Alabama's history. Last month, he made history, again, ...
| Alabama Power connects Auburn University students with city of Tallassee
They discussed the history of Tallassee, issues facing the community and ... Tallassee is home to Alabama Power's historic Yates Dam and Thurlow ...
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| Johnson: Time to teach all our children the full breadth of Alabama's history, sordid as it may be
Taught them what happened. What really happened? What if we taught them the real, sometimes hard truths of history? Our state's history. All of it. Not ...
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| Elliott to be guest speaker for historical society
Her work has been utilized by the Library of Congress, the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Manassas National Battlefield Park and other ...
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Birmingham author to speak to Historical Commission
“I don't think many people know that marble is the state rock of Alabama,” said Cook. Her book provides a comprehensive narrative on the history of ...
| Andalusia City Officials Announce Major Purchase of Historical Buildings
Mayor Johnson says those public meetings will be held within the next few weeks. Everyone is invited to attend. Categories: News, South Alabama. Tags ...
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| Alabama to exhibit artifacts from last US slave ship
The Alabama Historical Commission, in a statement, said an exhibit named for the slave ship Clotilda is set to open this fall in Mobile, where the ...
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| Greta Lambert reprises role as 1959 librarian with integrity
... on everyone's minds, especially a certain state senator who wants to ban the children's book “The Rabbits' Wedding” from Alabama libraries. Why?
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| Young King and Young Queen Books by local author/mentor Justin Sims
... Queen Young Queen” that are creating buzz across the state of Alabama. Sims was inspired to write the children's books from his personal ... “Roughly 11% of book authors are African American in this country and less than 7% of ...
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| Author shares insights into book about Birmingham Black Barons baseball team
He also wrote high school football histories of Shelby County and Clarke County, as well as a history of the Alabama High School Athletic Association ...
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| Kaufmann to present 'Historic Tower Clocks and Bells of Alabama' lecture on March 25
On Wednesday, March 25, Thomas Kaufmann, author of the book “Historic Alabama Bells,” will share the story of Alabama's historic tower clocks and ...
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| 'Alabama Story' brings stories of censorship and love in 1959 Montgomery
There are several stories within “Alabama Story,” one of which is “The Rabbits' Wedding," an actual children's book where two rabbits - one black and ...
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Alabama to Exhibit Artifacts From Last US Slave Ship
The Alabama Historical Commission, in a statement, said an exhibit named for the slave ship Clotilda is set to open this fall in Mobile, where the ...
| New book examines racial conflict in 1960s Birmingham
... that plagued the black community in early 1960s Birmingham, Alabama — the site of as many as 50 bombings over the two decades following World ...
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Charles Barkley is selling memorabilia to build affordable housing in his Alabama hometown
“If I could sell all that stuff, it would just be a really cool thing for me.” AD. In 2015, Barkley explained his history with the community, telling the ...
| Students visit Legacy Museum
... of the historical implications surrounding race, class and gender in Alabama through history,” instructor and Associate Dean Ashley Kitchens said.
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