Sunday, January 10, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: January 10 edition

 


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!



DON NOBLE: Classic British novel re-envisioned in Mountain Brook is full of surprises
... three Alabama novelists have struck out in new directions with really astonishing results. Patti Callahan Henry, famous for women's novels often set ... [Jane Eyre] 

14-year-old Mobile student writes and publishes book
Guyton says “'Black Queen' of course is a fictional book about an African American slave named Betty Anthony from Tuskegee, Alabama. She was ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - As ... This location is across from the Old Plateau Cemetery, which is the final resting place for many of Africatown's founders.

"Stars Fell on Alabama" movie
Taylor Hicks, an Alabama native and former “American Idol” winner, ... "I think of the movie as a flip book, or postcards with images of the South," says ...

"Exploding Hushpuppies - More Stories from Home" with Leslie Anne Tarabella
Available in hard cover, soft cover, audio and E-Book ... Living on the Gulf Coast of Alabama where she raised two sons with her husband Robert, ...

Local 14-year-old writes and publishes book
Guyton says, “Black Queen, of course, is a fictional book about an African-American slave named Betty Anthony from Tuskegee, Alabama. She was ...

US Mint quarter honors Alabama's Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
U.S. Mint quarter honors Alabama's Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. By Alabama NewsCenter Staff. January 5, 2021. U.S. Mint quarter honors ...

Lynching marker to expose Alabama county's brutal, racist history
Community organizers hope to install a historic marker outside the Lee County Courthouse to raise awareness about the lynchings of Black people by ...

Harold Franklin became Auburn University's first Black student on this day in 1964
19, 2020, said Keith Hebert, associate professor of history at Auburn, the ... He instead wrote a thesis about Alabama State College, the historically ...

DON NOBLE: Stunning book showcases Alabama's natural wonders
DON NOBLE: Stunning book showcases Alabama's natural wonders. The Tuscaloosa News. Ben Raines is on his way to becoming a household name ...

The New York Times and the Smithsonian Institute will offer tours of Alabama's civil rights landmarks
Tracing Birmingham's history in the Civil Rights Movement. Sponsor. 16th Street Baptist Church will be featured in the New York Times civil rights tours ...

Here are Alabama's 2020 Entertainers of the Year
Although she's won four Grammys in the past, as the frontwoman of Athens band Alabama Shakes, the recognition for “Jaime,” named in honor of ...

As people across his native Alabama picked up their morning newspapers that first ... Montgomery, Alabama - Family at Hank Williams memorial unveiling. ... city blocks as the funeral procession carried Hank to Oakwood Cemetery.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) ... There will be a private family graveside service at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo. Copyright 2020 ...

Montgomery graduate starts University of Alabama groundbreaking publication
Montgomery graduate starts University of Alabama groundbreaking ... compelling visuals and inventive features with history and campus culture.

Alabama photographer creates 'Portraits of Honor' for state's World War II veterans
"When people hear that (Feezel's story), they just kind of perk up and say that's an important moment in history," noted Rease. Rease donated the portrait ...

A historic marker at Africatown's Old Plateau Cemetery recognizes the ... of South Alabama for a cultural resource study that includes excavation and ...

Courtland Library receives local author's books
Each book details the lives of historic Alabama figures—like former Gov. Guy Hunt, legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, and Alabama's Miss ...

Statue of former slave who founded Alabama A&M now stands in downtown Huntsville
Joseph Lee, Director of AAMU Community Development Corporation, once said, “If you really look at the history of African Americans in the state of ...

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