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!
| Alabama Paranormal Author Publishes Second Book About Haunted Items In this new book, the author shares the stories of some of the items in his collection that possess a much darker history. The items talked about in the ... |
| Heat on Mobile: How '60 Minutes' episode on Africatown pushes city to lure visitors The Alabama Historical Commission, which is leading preservation efforts for the ... The signs, he said, were added in the past couple of weeks. |
| Dadeville lawyer finds rare book by famed local humorist while cleaning out bookcase William C. Oates (1835-1910) was Alabama's 29th governor. If the inscription on the inside cover reading “Wm C. Oates; Aug. 1st 1882” is to ... |
| Alabama author helps young readers learn spiritual truths Home | Alabama News | Book Reviews | Media Reviews | Alabama author helps young readers learn spiritual truths. December 4, 2020. Sally Blass ... |
65 Years Later: 10 Fascinating Facts About the Montgomery Bus Boycott
... as one of the earliest mass civil rights protests in American history. ... chair of the history department at Alabama State University, tells Mental Floss.
| Time for the Clotilda to be respected and appreciated It has always been a puzzle to me that Mobile, Alabama, would have a neighborhood like Africatown, rich in history, that it has never done much to ... |
| New Heaven's Gate docuseries on HBO Max has link to Alabama Applewhite's time in Alabama was a short chapter in his history -- just two years, 1961-1962, according to a Huntsville lawyer who knew him then -- but ... |
50 historic photos from American military history
Tuskegee Airmen, with fighter aircraft, at Tuskegee Army Flying School during World War II, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1944. The success of these airmen ...
| Antebellum homes hold and preserve Auburn's past History runs deep in the veins of Auburn's antebellum houses. ... membership secretary for the Alabama Historical Association, said Pebble Hill was ... |
The movement to teach a truer history of Black Americans in the South
In Montgomery, Alabama, one tour guide crafted an entire tour out of sharing forgotten and often untold chapters of the city's history. Often these stories ...
When the textbooks lied, Black Alabamians turned to each other for history
An Alabama history textbook published in 1961 compared it to Social Security. Lynching got no mention. Segregation was barely discussed. Black ...
| Selma native publishes second book Ufomadu, who works as an Accommodations Specialist in the University of Alabama Office of Disability Services, said she enjoys writing books. |
Southern schools' history textbooks: A long history of deception, and what the future holds “It should be noted that slavery was the earliest form of social security in the United States,” a 1961 Alabama history textbook said, falsely. The same ... |
Alabama History: Re-examined Part 4 It wasn't easy. WSFA 12 News is wrapping up its series of stories re-examining Black history in Alabama in conjunction with the Alabama Department of ... |
| CVHS learns about Marquis de Lafayette The Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society made some history itself at ... Oral history has it that many Alabama women danced with Lafayette at ... |
| 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 ... |
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