Saturday, April 17, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: April 17 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!



BOOKS: Abandoned Wiregrass: Brian L. Braden
... North Florida, South Georgia and parts of Alabama. Some backroad travelers may literally recognize some of the places photographed for this book.

This project is open to volunteers who want to help find the exact location of all of the people buried in this local cemetery. The Montgomery County .

Author Gregory N. Whitis' book “Nighthope” is a riveting story of a humble trucking executive who ...
His midlife crisis entails moving his family to an Alabama catfish farm, leaving behind unfinished business with a Mexican drug cartel. GREENSBORO, ...

Sweet tea: When did the South start drinking it?
It reveals Alabama's history and culture through 14 iconic foods, dishes and beverages including -- you guessed it -- sweet tea. Drawing on historical ...

THE ALABAMA HISTORIC CEMETERY REGISTER   [PDF]
THE ALABAMA HISTORIC CEMETERY REGISTER. AS OF FEBRUARY 5, 2021. Click on the county name below to go directly to beginning of each ...

Alabama is about to have a new state vegetable: The sweet potato
The idea for a state vegetable came from a group of North Alabama homeschool students who, while researching state history, came across the fact ...

Bernie Madoff's year at the University of Alabama was 'low-key,' classmates say
(WIAT) — For one year, the man behind the biggest investment fraud in American history was a student at the University of Alabama. Bernie Madoff ...

The Auburn family that owns half of Camp Hill's empty units seeks to restore them one by one
In addition to her small business ventures, Emberly is trying to get downtown Camp Hill deemed a historic district by the Alabama Historical Commission, ...


Final football games being played at legendary Legion Field
Best known for its Iron Bowl history, Legion Field hosted Alabama-Auburn every year from 1948 to 1988 and saw many of the greatest games in the ...

Preserving history: Bloody Sunday billy club finds new home at voting rights museum
When Elmore County NAACP President Bobby Mays first got the call about a billy club that was used by an Alabama trooper during Selma's Bloody ...


BPL's Jim Baggett Honored By State Historical Association, University Of Alabama
On Friday, April 9, Birmingham Public Library Archivist Jim Baggett received top honors from both the Alabama Historical Association and the University ...

Michael Donald's 1981 Mobile, Alabama murder to be featured on CNN's 'The People vs. The Klan'
That book gives a detailed account of the murder and the slow-moving investigation that followed. It also covers the court proceedings in detail, with ...

Ray Lambert, D-Day survivor, WWII torch bearer, Alabama native, dies at 100
“I did what I was called to do,” he wrote in his book, “Every Man a Hero,” published shortly before the 75th anniversary. “As a combat medic, my job ...


Book Review: Photographer Andrew Feiler documents the Rosenwald Schools of the Jim Crow ...
John Lewis, who attended a Rosenwald School in a small, whitewashed church building in Pike County, Alabama. Lewis' school lacked running water ...


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