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!
| "Shaking the Gates of Hell" By: John Archibald Pulitzer Prize–Winning Alabama Journalist Writes Family Memoir ... In this exploration of family and history, Archibald goes on a quest, after his father's ... |
| Auburn University and UAB historian, religion scholar David Edwin Harrell dies Retired Auburn University history professor David Edwin Harrell, who wrote ... He was chairman of the history department at UAB from 1985-87. ... the University of Georgia from 1967-70, University of Alabama in Birmingham, the ... |
| Huntsville Parks & Recreation: Historic African American Cemetery Earns National Recognition ... Huntsville Parks & Recreation: Historic African American Cemetery Earns National ... Glenwood Cemetery, the City's oldest surviving Black burial ground. ... Heights, a historically Black neighborhood near Alabama A&M University. |
| What's new on the Alabama Bookshelf In this periodic feature, we highlight books either about Alabama people or events, or written by Alabama authors. Summaries are not reviews or ... |
| Tallapoosa County School | Encyclopedia of Alabama From a photo album collected by the Alabama Superintendent of Education, ca. 1913. Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History. |
| See the newest inductees into the Alabama High School Hall of Fame Grammer has an overall record of 633-158-50 (as of last spring), making him the all-time winningest soccer coach in AHSAA history. He won Class 6A ... |
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Oakwood Cemetery and its annex spans 120 acres. It started in 1819, the same year Alabama became a state. It is the home of over 200,000 burial sites.
In 'Shaking the Gates of Hell,' a preacher's son examines his church's culture of silence on civil rights
Archibald dismisses this assessment in his questioning and questing book “Shaking the Gates of Hell,” a fascinating blend of family memoir and moral ...
| Film by UAB alumna on Birmingham's Greek-owned restaurants gets Southern Foodways Alliance ... “I am so excited to highlight Birmingham's hidden history of Greek ... and is chair of the Alabama Humanities Alliance Young Professionals Board. |
| AG Gaston Motel, a piece of Birmingham civil rights history, being restored A.G. Gaston Motel, a piece of Birmingham civil rights history, being restored. Alabama. by: Drew Taylor. Posted: Mar 12, 2021 / 05:33 PM EST ... |
| Alabama woman designed the first operational windshield wiper She is buried in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery. According to a 2018 report in Business Wire, the “aftermarket” for replacement wiper blades in ... |
| An Alabama archive recovers a cookbook and the stories of a Black community As part of its Black History Month observance last month, the Limestone County Digital Archives in Alabama began digitizing and sharing recipes from ... |
| Shoals music history inspires Washington, DC man to start nonprofit to fight homelessness with live ... “I did the tour; I went to FAME, I went to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, then kind of just inspiration struck out of just being ... |
| “Ways of Seeing” connects Alabama + worldwide artists—why we're drawn to it Among delving into the history of Linn Park and its monuments, the panel will also discuss the historical account in summer 2020 when Jermaine ... |
| New book celebrates TROY's relationship with Nall “Nall at TROY: An Internationally Regarded Alabama Artist Comes Home” highlights the Troy native's decades of artwork, much of which is located in the ... |
| Alabama's 120-year history with gambling is complicated On Tuesday, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh brought a bill to the floor that would tackle the issues of gambling, lottery and gaming in Alabama. |
| West Florida: The Forgotten 14th Colony In his new book “Fourteenth Colony – The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South during ... "There was more than one effort to acquire it by Alabama. |
| Alabama author Patti Callahan explores 'Titanic of the South' in 'Surviving Savannah' “Years and years ago, he told me about it and gave me an article about it,” says Callahan, the author of 15 best-selling novels (some as Patti Callahan, ... |
| Book review: 'Shaking the Gates' reckons with a father's failings That same day, eight prominent white Alabama Christian clergymen published “A Call for Unity,” an open letter that took issue with civil rights ... |
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