Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these items are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!
The Witches review: A bland and neutered version of Roald Dahl's book
The action might have been transported to Alabama in 1968, but The Witches otherwise remains faithful to Dahl's novel. Following the death of his ...
| Paranormal history in the Wiregrass NEWTON, Ala. (WDHN) — Bill Sketoe is one of the 13 ghosts of Alabama. The story goes he was hung here before this bridge was built during the civil ... |
| The haunted history of Kinston's dancing, fiddling Grancer Harrison There are few locations in the entire State of Alabama with a “ghost story” as well known as that of Grancer Harrison. Outside of the tiny Coffee County ... |
| Alabama Historical Commission Launches Historic Preservation Map Initiative of Historic ... The AHC has been diligently working to convert the agency's paper files associated with Alabama's historic architectural resources into a web-based ... |
| New documentary focuses on blues music in Alabama Black Belt (AP) — A new documentary about the blues tradition of Alabama's Black ... An announcement says the show traces the history of the region's African ... |
| Ballard House expansion to emphasize Birmingham's rich legacy and enhance nonprofit's mission Renovations underway for Birmingham's Ballard House from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo. The story of the Ballard House is part of the historic fabric .. |
Alabama's 200 years of history captured in new interactive map
A new, interactive map highlights thousands of historical structures and places in Alabama. The Alabama Historical Commission said its Historic ...
| Fannie Flagg pens sequel to 'Fried Green Tomatoes' But Alabama native Fannie Flagg is best known today as the author of ... And now, 33 years after the book's publication, Flagg, 76, has written the ... |
| Award-Winning Alabama Writer and Wife of LA Entertainment Lawyer Launches Acclaimed Thriller ... "Books remain a primary resource for entertainment. As for the silver screen, it's the perfect time to reset, gather talent, and plan for future book-to-film ... |
| Author to talk Marquis de Lafayette book The public is invited to a book talk by Dr. Lawrence Krumenaker, author of “Nine Days of Traveling: Lafayette's 1825 Alabama Tour, Today's Historical ... |
| Bennie Adkins, Alabama Medal of Honor recipient, will be laid to rest in Arlington Dec. 16 CST at the post chapel. Burial will follow in Section 12A, grave 552 next to his late wife, Mary. Adkins, who lived in Opelika, received the Medal of Honor ... |
| New documentary focuses on blues music in Alabama Black Belt Produced by One State Films and APT and director by Alabama filmmaker Robert Clem, the hourlong show traces the history of the region's African ... |
| DON NOBLE: Chilling true-crime story focuses on Alabama-born serial killer John Douglas, back in the late '70s, was one of the very first FBI profilers and, with Mark Olshaker, has written nine previous books on the subject. Here ... |
| Book Review: Gwendolyn Patton 'My Race to Freedom' One particular focus of Gwen's story is Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and what went on there as the civil rights movement of the 50s led to the ... |
| Ghost investigators unveil Auburn's haunted past Pine Hill Cemetery, located on Armstrong St., is one of the many stops on the Spectral Investigators' haunted tours in Auburn, AL. |
Shreve Memorial welcomes three authors in November
... serves as director of Historic Blakely State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama. ... Fourteenth Colony is the first comprehensive history of the colony and ...
| 90 years later, two fallen Alabama police officers receive grave markers (WPMI) — Two police officers who were killed in the line of duty in Mobile in the early 1900s will finally receive grave markers, Mobile Police say. |
| The last known slave ship has spent 160 years under the Mobile River. Can it be preserved? The Alabama Historical Commission is fielding proposals from maritime archaeologists as the task requires industrial-level diving skills. The commission ... |
This Alabama musician's best song is actually a book Huntsville author J.W. Fowler's debut novel digs into this idea. Titled “Free and Clear,” the book intertwines arcs of Ben Landry, a successful songwriter ... |
| Historic Society to host nighttime tour of Old Live Oak Cemetery The Walking History Tour will feature historical figure buried in the historic ... Alabama's first Black Congressman, will be portrayed by Winston Williams; noted ... Though Hudson is not buried at Old Live Oak Cemetery, he will “make a ... |
| Artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins Reimagines the Antebellum History of Southern Port Cities Born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1977, the artist traces his lineage to a major Creole family descended from Nicolas Baudin, a Frenchman who received a ... |
| The story of 1st Lt. William R. Lawley, Jr. US Army Air Corps WWII Medal of Honor ... 33 Alabamians awarded the Medal of Honor, three of them were born in Leeds, Alabama. ... He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery. |
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