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!
| 10 recent books with Alabama ties you'll want to read
In the past several months, books released with Alabama ties include a short story collection by 16 of the state's most famous writers, a biography of ...
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Park Service Awards $500K for Restoration of Oldest Building at Alabama HBCU
A historic site of the civil rights movement that graces the campus of one of Alabama's historically Black colleges and universities is getting a facelift to ...
[Building is at Miles College]
[Building is at Miles College]
| UNA receives bicentennial legacy award
FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama's Collier Library and Information Services project, Celebrating Our History: Inventory of Archival ...
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| Effort to preserve Prattville history honored
Effort to preserve Prattville history honored. Marty Roney, Montgomery ... Pratt is touted as Alabama's first industrialist. "Most people think that ...
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| Alabama, Lyric Theatres in B'ham need help to stay open during coronavirus pandemic
“WITHOUT YOUR HELP, WE ARE HISTORY,” the post reads, in part. If you would like to support these historic landmarks, you can donate at this link.
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Alabama's day of devastation: Remembering the April 27 tornado outbreak 9 years later
There were 62 confirmed tornadoes in Alabama on that one day alone, making it one of the largest tornado outbreaks in Alabama history. Alabama ...
Former Confederate capitals take very different paths on voting rights
With few interruptions in their history, Montgomery, Alabama, and ... to address Alabama's historical legacy and present-day implementation of voter ...
| BOOK REVIEW: 'Historic Alabama Bells' and Paul Revere's role
"Historic Alabama Bells," by Thomas Kaufmann, (History Press, South Carolina), $23.99 paperback. SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM! Please log in, or ...
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This week is a deadly anniversary in the history of lynching
Utilizing brains and brawn only works when communities come together. - Jaylah Cosby, JCMP 2020 Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Embracing her call to lead: Homewood rector to become 1st female bishop in Episcopal Diocese of ...
She had already hit a “first female” mile-stone earlier in her life when she became the first female in Alabama history to lead a four-year university.
Red, Black, White: The Communist Party in Alabama
Mary Stanton's Red, Black, White: The Alabama Communist Party, 1930-1950 is a concise, readable overview, a welcome contribution to the history of ...
| Governor will order flags lowered for Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins
... have been made for his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.” ... “Alabama mourns his loss, but we continue to honor his life of tremendous service ...
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| How did the tiny community of Pine Apple get its name?
The name of the tiny town of Pine Apple in South Alabama is confusing to some. Is it named for ... A historic cemetery adjoins the grounds. Don't Edit.
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| The story behind Alabama's second oldest covered bridge
While it stands, let's take a look at the history of one of Alabama's oldest covered bridges. NOTE: This bridge is located on private property and not ...
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Alabama actress portrayed a beloved TV mom
She is buried near her mother in Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we ...
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| Brittany Howard's Transformation
She practiced with her rock band, Alabama Shakes, whenever she could. “I would work ... We drove past a cemetery (“Hell, yeah! Thinkin' about death ...
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| A historic life
Sarah Van Voorhis Woolfolk Wiggins bore the nickname “Belle,” as in Southern, somewhat ironically. As the University of Alabama history department's ...
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| Sarah Wiggins
Ruth Truss, left, professor of history at the University of Montevallo, and Sarah Wiggins attend the induction of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle into the Alabama ...
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| You can visit these real Alabama sites mentioned in novels
Writers love to draw from their experiences and familiar places to add realism to fictional books. Often, authors will create made-up settings based on ...
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| 9 mural cities you can visit in Alabama without leaving your car
The city of about 65,000 residents is decorated with at least 19 murals in its historic downtown. Subjects include local history, famous people from the ...
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| 'The Slave Who Went to Congress' tells the story of Alabama's Benjamin Turner
On the heels of the Alabama's bicentennial celebration, this book provides an ... In addition, NewSouth Books has provided a free lesson plan to help ...
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| Alabama granted ownership of the Clotilda ship wreck
The AHC is charged with protecting, preserving and interpreting Alabama's historic places. This charge also includes abandoned shipwrecks, or the ...
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| State of Alabama given ownership of last US slave ship
A federal judge granted ownership of the Clotilda shipwreck to the Alabama Historical Commission in a one-page order released Monday.
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| Clotilda presents the state with an opportunity
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose ordered ownership of the remains of the two-masted Gulf schooner transferred to the Alabama Historical ...
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| Alabama granted ownership of the Clotilda ship wreck
The AHC is charged with protecting, preserving and interpreting Alabama's historic places. This charge also includes abandoned shipwrecks, or the ...
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