Sunday, June 7, 2020

Alabama History & Culture News: June 7 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!

Get an inside look at Alabama's 10 Natural Wonders 23 years later
Bartram's books about his travels around the south in the late 1700s provides us a glimpse of what Alabama and the southeast looked like 250 years ...

Montevallo celebrates community, history and nature through murals
Montevallo celebrates community, history and nature through murals. Move over Austin Texas. Check out Montevallo, Alabama's newest destination ...

Historic Theatres Among Businesses Damaged During Violent Protest
Cindy Mullins manages the Alabama and Lyric theatres, which were both hit. She said she was not surprised by the reaction of protesters, but she is ...

Journey through black history at these key places in Birmingham
Now, more than ever, is a time to educate ourselves on the history of black Americans, their ... Address: 520 16th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

Brown releases book about her Bullock County ancestors
She knew her grandmother had one sister who lived in Montgomery, Alabama, named Arabelle. From time to time, her grandmother mentioned her ...

Davis credits small town for success in business, with best-selling book
Davis, a 1999 graduate of Holtville, attended the University of Alabama and began working at McKee and Associates where she was tasked with ...

OU professor's book runner-up for history journalism prize
The book covers how the high court overturned a libel suit filed by an Alabama police commissioner against The New York Times, freeing the ...


Winston Groom and Daniel Wallace contribute to 'Alabama Noir'
But the book “Alabama Noir” stalks a wooded golf course, traipses a rickety roadside attraction, ... “I love the books as a way to explore cities,” he said.

Mark Edwards: Dye's legacy reverberates in Auburn-Alabama annual game
Pat Dye, who died this week, made sure of that. You could make a case that he's the most influential figure in the history of the Auburn-Alabama game — ...

Alabama Theatre needs donations after damages from Sunday night
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WIAT) — The historic Alabama Theatre in Downtown Birmingham has been around since 1927, but it's history didn't save it from ...


Auburn Legend, Pat Dye has passed away at the age of 80
... coaches in Auburn football history. His record on the Plains was 99-39-4. Among his achievements was moving the Iron Bowl game versus Alabama ...

The history of Birmingham monuments damaged during George Floyd protest
The Alabama Supreme Court in 2019 ruled that the city of Birmingham violated Alabama's monument protection law when it placed a plywood screen ...



As captain of the CSS Sumter and the better-known CSS Alabama, Semmes ... Veterans participated in a formal burial in Mobile's Magnolia Cemetery.

The harrowing true story of 'Just Mercy'
... writes in his 2014 book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. ... He also said the Alabama Bureau of Investigation threatened the death ...


Bubba Thompson of 'Cowboy Way: Alabama' Is a Doting Dad of Two Kids — Meet the TV Star's ...
... used the instant and unexpected fame that he got from "Sweet Home Alabama" and published a book addressing how a lady should be treated.

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