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!
| WWII secretary to Wernher von Braun dies in Alabama Insight by Carahsoft: Explore use cases for edge computing and approaches for taking advantage of it by downloading this exclusive e-book. |
| Tuskegee native, pastor of historic Tulsa church, leads call for reparations for 1921 Race Massacre He was 18 years old, a freshman at the University of Alabama, a young man from historic Tuskegee who would soon make history in Tuscaloosa as ... |
| National Votes for Women Trail adds new Alabama markers (WIAT) — On Wednesday, the Alabama Women's Suffrage Centennial Committee announced the dedication of new historical markers for the National ... |
| Anniston to honor 60th anniversary of Freedom Rides in Alabama with 2-day celebration General Jackson, owner of the soon-to-open History Making Coffee Shop on Anniston's historic West 15th Street, talked about the importance of marking ... |
Set in stone: Family gathers to celebrate Brindley Cemetery rehabilitation
Just by the roadside about a mile north of Alabama Highway 69, drivers fly past a little family cemetery that preserves a big part of local history.
| Hot new Southern books put the sizzle in summer 2021 Set in 1980s Montgomery, Alabama, Gin Phillips' new novel explores the mentor-mentee relationship between Lucia, a lawyer who specializes in ... |
| Former Birmingham police chief makes history as first Black US Army Reserve lieutenant general Decades later, my Dad marched as a Foot Soldier during the civil rights struggle in Birmingham, Alabama, so this promotion is really about them and ... |
| Design team selected for Africatown Welcome Center Studio 2H oversaw the planning for tHistoric Bethel Baptist Church and the Carver Theater/Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in Birmingham. The design team ... |
| 91 runs, 65 walks and nearly 5 hours: The craziest game in Alabama high school softball history 91 runs, 65 walks and nearly 5 hours: The craziest game in Alabama high school softball history ... Sidney Lanier and Park Crossing combined for 91 runs ... |
| Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Breaks the Mold with Her Debut Novel ... was awarded the Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction for an Alabama ... She goes on to attend a graduate program in history at a fictional North ... |
New exhibit at Alabama monument recalls Freedom Riders
... PBS's history series, “American Experience.” Intended to test implementation of court orders outlawing racial segregation in interstate transportation, ...
| 5 Alabama ghost towns to put on your bucket list | The Bama Buzz The Old Bellefonte Cemetery also remains with gravestones dating back to 1826. 3. Old Cahawba, Alabama. Old Cahawba Old Cahawaba offers ... |
| University of Alabama Alumni & Author Publishes Important Memoir of Black History While at Alabama, Mr. Pernell and four other students became the first five black players to walk-on to the historically segregated University of ... |
| Alabama Legislature endorses 5-year extension of incentive to restore older buildings The Pizitz Food Hall in downtown Birmingham, Ala., is an example of how the state historic preservation tax credit has been utilized to restore an aging ... |
| Historical Markers and War Memorials in Autauga County, Alabama (Front): Daniel Pratt CemeteryFinal resting place of early Alabama industrialist Daniel Pratt, 1799-1873, and wife Esther Ticknor Pratt, 1803-1875. |
| Vintage Greyhound bus is restored to commemorate the Freedom Rides' 60th anniversary "History happened here. Preserving this place helps bring to life a critical part of the civil rights story, and the role Montgomery and the state of Alabama ... |
| AL: The story of how the Freedom Riders revolutionized American travel, transit 60 years ago On the 60th anniversary of the Riders sojourn from Washington D.C., the Freedom Rides Museum and Alabama Historical Commission unveiled a ... |
| Alabama museum unveils restored Greyhound bus for Freedom Rides' 60th anniversary The Alabama Historical Commission on Tuesday officially unveiled a restored Greyhound bus as part of a 60th anniversary exhibit commemorating ... |
| Alabama's Africatown can tell stories of slavery in ways few others can, officials say Lee Sentell, director of the Alabama Department of Tourism, said he ... in 2023, will be located across from the Old Plateau Cemetery and will be in the ... |
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