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!
With John Patterson's death, all key players in 'Sin City Story' now gone
(WRBL) — Over the weekend, Phenix City lost one of the central players in its history of corruption and crime. Former Alabama Governor John ...
| Tuskegee Airman Cornelius Davis dies at 100 The parking lot at Forest Meadows Funeral Home was filled with army ... his basic training at Fort Custer in Michigan and then Tuskegee, Alabama. |
| What We Know About The Big Fish House Featured On Home Town: Takeover Home Town: Takeover featured the house that the movie Big Fish was filmed in. The house is a Wetumpka landmark and a major part of film history. By ... |
| Tara McKennie becomes the first woman general in Alabama Air National Guard “You have truly made history being both the first female and first African American General Officer for the Alabama National Guard,” Gov. Kay Ivey said. |
This plain Alabama store is one of South's most iconic
It was photographed ca.-1935 as part of a project by the Farm Security Administration, a photo which later ended up in a book and on display at the ...
| Auburn football's historical record against every SEC opponent The Tigers have had a lot of success against these teams as well as only three longtime opponents — Alabama, Georgia and LSU — hold an edge in ... |
| John M. Patterson, Segregationist Alabama Governor, Dies at 99 In those days, a primary victory was tantamount to election in heavily Democratic Alabama. The youngest governor in Alabama history at 37, Mr. |
| DON NOBLE: Book allows readers to follow in the steps of Lafayette in Alabama On the 4th of July 1917, at the Picpus cemetery in Paris, at the grave of the Marquis de Lafayette, Col. Charles E. Stanton of the newly arrived ... |
| 'Pain and shame' explain why Tuscaloosa's Bloody Tuesday remains less-known "It's either shame or it's pain," said Giggie, University of Alabama history ... book “Bloody Tuesday: Civil Rights History and Memory in Tuscaloosa.”. |
| Selma to Montgomery 1965 campsites top new list of America's most endangered historic places On the final night of the march, about 3 miles (4.83 kilometers) from Alabama's Capitol, demonstrators camping at the City of St. Jude were entertained ... |
| History in danger: Selma to Montgomery march campsites on list of threatened places Martin Luther King Jr. to the Alabama Capitol the next day, March 25, 1965. Thousands joined the demonstration for voting rights for Black people. |
| Rachael Ray magazine names Birmingham among must-see roadtrips There is so much history that runs through Birmingham and Alabama. ... of places the magazine recommended, which include historical monuments ... |
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