Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Alabama History & Culture News: March 25 edition





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!


DON NOBLE: Must-read book has enlightening, disturbing moments
The heart of this book is the story of Walter McMillian of Monroe County, Alabama. In 1986, Stevenson, then in his late 20s, working at the Southern ...


Alabama bicentennial book spotlights black heritage
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's bicentennial is over, but a new book will highlight 200 years of African American history in the state. A coffee ...

Anna Huey's New Book 'A Choice' is a Gripping Tale of a Suspenseful Plot of Murder on a Cruise ...
Anna Huey is a prolific writer from Alabama with a passion for reading, writing, spending time with animals, and baking cakes and cupcakes. She has ...

Selma Online Offers Free Civil Rights Lessons Amid Virus
... The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, ... so 500,000 children in 33 cities could see the historical drama for free.


Zora Neale Hurston's 'Barracoon' amplifies literary culture
Not even the town he helped found in Alabama — Africatown — which was renamed Plateau. An orator of the first order, Cudjo relayed the wisdom of his ...

Eufaula Pilgrimage canceled
For the first time in its 55-year history, the Eufaula Pilgrimage, Alabama's oldest our of homes, has been canceled. The Eufaula Heritage Association ...

Documentary explores blues in West Alabama
Filmmakers set up in the historic county courthouse in Carrollton to do an interview for an upcoming documentary on Alabama's racial history and its ...


College Football Hall of Fame 'a long time coming' for EJ Junior
Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa has made a career of documenting the history of sports at the University of Alabama, namely football. However, one ...

New Facility to House Clotilda Artifacts in Africatown
The plan for the facility was announced Tuesday (March 10) by the Alabama Historical Commission, which said the History Museum of Mobile also will ...

Historic renovation bringing new life to downtown Foley
historic building renovation in a South Alabama town is being credited with potentially bringing new life to its Main Street. The Foley Bakery ...


FORGOTTEN ALABAMA: Capturing the past to benefit the future
And, what better place for Wills' photography show than the JCA, which is chiseled in the cornerstone of Troy's downtown history. Wills was right at home ...

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