Sunday, August 23, 2020

Alabama History & Culture News: August 23 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!


See which character Alabama's Michael Rooker plays in DC's 'Suicide Squad'
Comic book movie fans got some fun news last year when Gunn revealed the cast of his upcoming sequel “The Suicide Squad. Among the large ...

This  barbecue joint has been smoking since 1942Alabama

al.com

She now co-owns the 78-year-old barbecue joint with her father, Larry Bethune Sr.(Photo by Art Meripol, from the  " Barbecue: Delicious ...

Legendary Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was from Alabama

Dothan Eagle

However, during this era of American ,  congressional delegation was one of the most liberal in the nation due to the fact that they totally ..


 Book Store added to National Register of  PlacesWBRC

Full Coverage

3  sites added to National Register of  Places

al.com

 architect David O. Whilldin designed it. It is an excellent example of Depression Modern architecture, according to the  Commission.


They were famous—and delivered your mail

National Geographic

“The mailman I saw was Richard Wright, delivering mail before his first  sold,” Obama wrote in his 1995 memoir, Dreams from ... Before Brittany Howard fronted the  Shakes, she was an  rural carrier assistant.


Ernest and Hadley Bookseller stays live, both in-store and online

Tuscaloosa Magazine

At 5:30 p.m., via Zoom, the E&H  Club will feature a visit from recently retired University of  creative writing professor Michael Martone, ...

Steve Flowers:  has six living former governors

Opelika Auburn News

He is the only person in state  to be elected governor as a Democrat and a Republican. Fob is 85 and doing well. He lives primarily in Miami, and ...

 

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE:  six ex-governors continue to thriveTuscaloosa Magazine


"Places in Peril" Nominations open

Union Springs Herald

Since 1994, the  Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation have joined forces to sponsor Places in Peril. The ...

Two Women, Their Lives Connected by American Slavery, Tackle Their Shared History

Smithsonian

His first enslaver was a planter in  named Pickett. Combing through records online, Karen established that Pickett had owned two cotton ...

Here's a fun fact about every  county

al.com

It is run by the Blountsville  Society, which says, “This park has on ...  Department of Archives and  (Chris Pruitt | Wikimedia ...


3 influential Birmingham women and their involvement in women's suffrage

Bham Now

Photo via  Department of Archives and . Nearly 100 years ago, Tennessee became the 36th State to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to ...

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