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!
| Bear Bryant houndstooth hat up for auction Here's your chance to own an iconic piece of Alabama football history. Sports memorabilia site Lelands is auctioning a black-and-white houndstooth ... |
| Adjunct faculty member's film syndicated in Alabama "The film had a great response," Hickman said, adding it was broadcast as part of Black History Month. "It was a big affirmation for our work. It humbled ... |
| Council votes to declare historic Loxley Hotel building unsafe LOXLEY, Alabama — Owners of the historic Loxley Hotel have 45 days to demolish the structure following a vote of the Loxley Town Council during a ... |
| Author Terence Ramone Gills's new book “Choice” is an engrossing novel highlighting the ... Terence Ramone Gills, a loving father and stepfather, doting grandfather, and Alabama native, has completed his new book “Choice”: a riveting story .. |
| Catherine Coleman Flowers is always in 'good trouble.' It's a blessing for rural America. Today, the White House announced the Black Belt, Alabama native will join ... a new book, “Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Little Secret." ... a headache for power brokers, it's been a blessing for rural Alabama. |
| “Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss” By: Margaret Renkl This book is purposely, I suppose, hard to categorize. ... The “memoir” stream begins in and around Lower Alabama, by which Renkl means Dothan. |
| Alabama sheriff seeks vandals who dug up grave from 1882 An Alabama sheriff is on the hunt for vandals who dug up the grave of a man buried in 1882. At Flint Hill Cemetery, somebody removed the hefty slab ... |
A pioneering woman painter and her monstrous Alabama subject
As we celebrate Women's History Month, one particularly striking painting provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of Sarah Miriam ...
| Alabama's Octavia Spencer, Madalen Mills among winners of NAACP Image Awards He was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders, a colleague of Martin Luther King Jr., a keynote speaker at the historic 1963 March on Washington and ... |
| In raunchy trailer for 'The Suicide Squad,' Alabama's Michael Rooker fits right in and suddenly there was a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of comic-book-movie fans suddenly moved on from talking about the Snyder Cut ... |
| Book review: In 'From Preaching to Meddling,' a white priest experiences civil-rights movement in ... Walter, who currently lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1932 and grew up poor among the Creole community on Mobile ... |
| Alabama cities resuming April walking tours after shutdown Alabama cities resuming April walking tours after shutdown. Alabama, Decatur, Saturday Walking ... |
| City Taking Applications For Historic Preservation Commission TUSCALOOSA, AL – The City of Tuscaloosa is now accepting applications for two positions on its Historic Preservation Commission, which is tasked ... |
| Iconic 'Coca-Cola' building concludes final chapter of service in Gadsden While current owner Alabama Teachers Credit Union purchased the building with the intent of development and preserving such a historical piece of ... |
| Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum gets $12K grant The “Alabama Club” car will bring back the unique experience of connecting ... and also a way to preserve the rich history of Alabama and our nation. |
| Alabama Department of Archives and History digitizes records of Scottsboro Boys The Alabama Department of Archives and History recently discovered the intake records from Kilby Prison in the administrative records of Gov. |
| St. Patrick's Day tornadoes: 6th-biggest tornado event in AL history Still, to reach #6 on any severe weather or tornado list in the state is significant considering Alabama's history. The official tornado count for the event ... |
| 3 remarkable women who left their mark on girls' high school sports in Alabama This month in honor of Women's History Month, I interviewed three remarkable women, Noona Kennard, Yvonne Michelle Simmons and Cat Reddick- ... |
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