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 Alabama miners strike of 1920—striking a blow at racism His book, Race, Class and Power and in the Alabama Coalfields 1908-1921, shows how the colour line could break down on the picket line. |
| Alabama author Fannie Flagg catches up with beloved 'Fried Green Tomatoes' characters in new ... (WIAT) – Years ago, Fannie Flagg said goodbye to “Whistle Stop,” the fictional Alabama town best known as the setting for her 1987 novel, “Fried ... |
Have you visited these Alabama musical attractions? Alabama has a rich musical history that has given way to a vibrant musical legacy. We've brought you stories of Alabama Music Makers carrying on ... |
| Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives in Athens announces new facility Museum volunteer Jerry Crabtree said with such rich history embedded in the museum it's a landmark for the community. |
| Our Picks for the 2020 Portland Book Festival Genevieve Hudson's Boys of Alabama—“a magical, deeply felt novel” per Kirkus—somehow skipped my radar on its May release, but I've since been ... |
| Moulton restaurant holds Historic Register dedication Moulton restaurant holds Historic Register dedication ... celebration on Halloween after the restaurant was listed on Alabama's Historic Register. |
| State officials recognize historical preservation efforts of the Elba Chamber of Commerce Elba, Ala. (WDHN)—In Elba on Wednesday, a statewide delegation of the chamber of commerce and main street officials came together |
| Review: “The Witches” is a poor adaptation of beloved book This year's “The Witches” is a new adaptation of the 1983 novel of the same name. The story takes place in 1960s Alabama and follows a young boy ... |
| 'Alabama Story' sparking conversations at CCP Emily Wheelock Reed, director of the Alabama Public Library Service Division, put the book into circulation. State Sen. E.W. Higgins wanted the book ... |
| Mobile trail gives visitors glimpse of city's multicultural beginnings While conducting a tour of Mobile's historic Africatown, Karlos Finley said his ... Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail from Alabama ... |
St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church celebrates 200 years! Alabama history. American history. [ READ MORE: State's oldest black church, baptisms, beginnings remembered during bicentennial ]. |
| Dothan native serves up a tasty thriller [Charles McNair] I held a Nikon; Charles gripped a copy of his first novel, the Pulitzer ... Even so, every one of my novels is set in Alabama … and I think the ones I write ... |
| Anne Hathaway Takes On Role Anjelica Huston Made Famous In Remake Of 'The Witches' In this version, grandma is from Alabama. In the book, she is from Norway. Spencer says she hopes their version of “The Witches” is a family affair for ... |
Local spots steeped in haunted legends Every graveyard, church and lonely bend in one of Alabama's highways is ... The cemetery sits back from the road, surrounded by a chain-link fence, ... |
| Dick Cooper's photo exhibit at Alabama Music Hall of Fame dives into Shoals music history — Through the end of the year, patrons visiting the Alabama Music Hall of Fame will have the opportunity to dive into even more music history. The ... |
| The Haunted History of OldTown The tale of Grancer Harrison may be the most well known ghost story in Alabama but OldTown carries even more history. About one mile down an old ... |
| Pea River Historical and Genealogy Society has museum opened back up for tours “What we do as to collecting and preserving and making available the history of the southeast Alabama doesn't just include Coffee County so our ... |
| LAMP graduate launches historic magazine at UA (WSFA) - A Montgomery student is making history at the University of Alabama. Tionna Taite, LAMP graduate and Alabama sophomore is the creator ... |
Fannie Flagg takes us back to Whistle Stop in 'Fried Green Tomatoes' sequel The 283-page novel takes readers back to the people and places Flagg ... In the past, she's made it a point to begin her book tours in Alabama -- “It's ... |
| Preserving a legacy at this roadside Alabama BBQ joint All of the employees at Hughes' restaurant are women, and they all do a little bit of everything, she says.(Photo by Art Meripol, from the book "Alabama .. |
| Kathryn Tucker Windham's ghost stories through the eyes of her daughter Dilcy Windham Hilley As one of Alabama's greatest storytellers, I saw her often at library events or book fairs before she died in 2011 at the age of 93. Even though we never ... |
| Alabama's Fannie Flagg Returns to Whistle Stop in New Novel Alabama's Fannie Flagg Returns to Whistle Stop in New Novel. October 26, 2020 @ 6:00 pm • By Alabama News Center. Click HERE to see the full ... |
Mobile's Magnolia Cemetery is a 'magical landscape'
... of the first citizens to be buried in Magnolia Cemetery: Judge Henry Hitchcock, one of Alabama's first millionaires, who died of yellow fever in 1837.
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