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!
| Birmingham Jail Logs With MLK Signatures up for Sale King and his Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, led by the Rev. |
| Stream free concert “Dedication” from Eric Essix Group, Tracy Hamlin on Feb. 25 Celebrate Black History Month with “Dedication,” a free, live-streamed ... “Dedication” is made possible by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, ... |
| Eric Essix Group, Tracy Hamlin, To Perform At Live-Streamed Feb. 25 Black History Month Concert "Dedication" is made possible by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Hugh Kaul Foundation, Ebsco Industries and Jefferson County Community ... |
| Black History Month: These powerful photos show social movements throughout the years African-American protesters, arrested during segregation demonstrations, are held in a fenced yard in Birmingham, Alabama, May 9, 1963. |
| Irondale lynching marker unveiled Of more than 360 documented lynchings that took place in Alabama, at least ... Three lynching victims are memorialized in a historical marker at Sloss ... |
| These Black authors fill Alabama with poetry and community The poet Amanda Gorman was thrown into the spotlight this past month after reading her work at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Gorman's powerful ... |
| WAAY 31 Black History Month Spotlight: Jesse Owens, Alabama's Olympic hero The “Buckeye Bullet” James Cleveland Owens, otherwise known as Jesse Owens was born in Oakville Alabama in 1913. Posted: Feb 8, 2021 2:29 ... |
| Tuskegee Airmen Quarters for Alabama Released in Rolls and Bags 2020: National Park of American Samoa; Weir Farm National Historic Site of Connecticut; Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological ... |
| Sun Ra, Odetta, Alabama artists honored at National Museum of African American Music Additional Alabama musicians include Odetta, SunRa, Lionel Richie, ... The “Crossroads” gallery chronicles the history and influence of blues from the ... |
| Funeral for Scottsboro Boys Museum founder Sheila Washington Clarence Norris, the last known surviving defendant, was pardoned in 1976 by Alabama's then-Gov. George C. Wallace. Washington led efforts to ... |
| DON NOBLE: Dark novel explores the ethics of damage control PR In the 1980s, Lynn Kostoff was an instructor at the University of Alabama, then held the post of ... Kostoff has published four novels, all highly praised. |
| African American legend honored during Black History Month The neighborhood, near Alabama A&M University, was one of the few places African Americans were allowed to buy property in the city during ... |
| 7 Fascinating Historic Hikes In Alabama Alabama has many such trails, too many to mention here, that will take you back in time to the good -- and bad -- times in American history. Here are ... |
| Blakeley to Host Annual Alabama Author's Day Program and Cruise This year's lineup includes noted environmental journalist Ben Raines to discuss his acclaimed new book on the Mobile-Tensaw Delta; Alabama ... |
Three generations have worked this 100-year-old farm
The Birmingham farm turned 100 years old recently, which the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries recognized by conferring “century farm” ...
| Remembering Sheila Washington, Who Brought Honor To The Scottsboro Boys Credit: Alabama Department of Archives & History ... also received help from the Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission. |
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