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!
| Historical society on a mission to save two 19th century cabins In May, the Alabama Historical Commission, through the efforts of the Elmore County Historical Society, added both structures to the Alabama Register of ... |
Alabama music legend Randy Owen named honorary co-chair of World Games 2022 Birmingham One of the most successful country music groups in history, Alabama released 21 gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, had 43 No. 1 singles, sold ... |
| Alabama-born stars of baseball's segregated era receive Major League status “We are now grateful to count the players of the Negro Leagues where they belong -- as Major Leaguers within the official historical record.” Manfred's ... |
| Four Alabama sites added to the National Register of Historic Places Four Alabama buildings have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, a list of culturally and historically significant sites worthy of ... |
| Retired Alabama Supreme Court Justice Hugh Maddox has died Maddox served longer on the Alabama Supreme Court than any associate justice in Alabama history. Maddox wrote numerous opinions while on the ... |
| Late Medal of Honor recipient, Alabama native to receive hero's send-off His burial service will be held on Wednesday. The Lee County Sheriff's Office will be supervising the escort, working with other Alabama and Georgia ... |
| Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller makes history again as first woman to score points in Power Five game Four other women -- Willamette's Liz Heaston, Jacksonville State's Ashley Martin, West Alabama's Tonya Butler and Lebanon Valley's Brittany Ryan -- ... |
HBO filmmakers talk wild new 'Alabama Snake' documentary Bryan Storkel: A friend gave me a book. There's a couple of books on this story but I started by reading “Salvation on Sand Mountain,” which was a New ... |
| New Book Focuses on 'America's Amazon,' Mobile River Basin Acclaimed biologist and Alabama native E.O. Wilson wrote a foreword for the book. Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This ... |
| Bradley descendants prosper in Conecuh and surrounding Counties Nancy Jane was buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery in Belleville as Samuel would be later at his death in 1889. After Nancy Jane's death, Samuel was married in 1878 to Mary Alabama “Bama” Robbins, daughter of James ... |
| Is It Too Late to Save 'America's Amazon' in Alabama? By Tara Lohan. When longtime environmental journalist Ben Raines started writing a book about the biodiversity in Alabama, the state had 354 fish ... |
New Book chronicles Pioneering 'Lower Alabama' family
When ex-slave Henry Nance left Tennessee, he pursued his destiny in a thicketed corner of Coffee County, Alabama. The life he created for himself ...
HBO film 'Alabama Snake' tells story of Scottsboro snake-handling pastor's attempt to kill wife
“Alabama Snake” is about Glenn Summerford, who remains imprisoned after ... crime was reported in the otherwise sleepy town of Scottsboro, Alabama. ... who knew Summerford best, speaking to his history of violence and spiritual ...
Hobson City has historic distinction as Alabama's first official Black town Hobson City in Calhoun County isn't much different from many Alabama small towns. But its founding and history make it unique. The state's first ... |
| Independent book shop owners list their favorite books with Alabama ties The complete history of Alabama prior to statehood up to the present. Includes politics, race and football! Alabama Books. (Amazon.com). |
| What We Are Reading Today: Waste by Catherine Coleman Flowers This is an eye-opening book on how the intersection of poverty and racism result in terrible living conditions in Alabama, US. “This book is fascinating ... |
| DON NOBLE: Book contains timely assessment of Confederate monuments' history Connor O'Neill, a recent graduate of the University of Alabama's master of fine arts program, may be known to Alabamians for his work on the podcast ... |
| On A Tour Of 'America's Amazon,' Flora, Fauna And Glimpses Of Alabama's Past In his new book, Saving America's Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation's Most Biodiverse River System, Raines explores the remarkable array of flora ... |
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