Thursday, July 1, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: July 1 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!


Camden becomes a tourist draw

The Thomasville Times

And as all of you may know, Wilcox County is not new to discord. We are used to it. We are…comfortable with it one might say. The  society is ...

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Local woman in line to undergo first uterine transplant in Alabama

NBC 15 WPMI

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile woman is making medical . Elizabeth Goldman is in line to be the first woman in  to ...

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 Marker in Opelika Memorializes Four Racial Terror LynchingsHistorical

Equal Justice Initiative

Between 1877 and 1950, white mobs lynched at least 361 African Americans in . At least five Black people were lynched in Lee County.

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Gallery features quilts, found materials sculptures

Shelby County Reporter

“ has the richest  of self-taught artists in the union,” Barrett said. He explained that both of these artists, as well as others he has worked ...

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New marker at Talladega College recognizes  first NAACP chapterAlabama's

Alabama NewsCenter

According to Dr. Dorothy Autrey, a Talladega College alum and retired professor of  and political science, Pickens distinguished himself as a ...

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National Park Service Adds Edmonton Heights to National Register of  PlacesHistoric

City of Huntsville Blog

... grant funding from the  Commission (AHC) to conduct a historic resource survey of Edmonton Heights, which had been identified ...

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Bachelor: What We Know About Madison Prewett's Upcoming Book

Screen Rant

The  native shared the news of her new project with fans on Instagram and YouTube, including a teaser video with a brief synopsis of what fans ...

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The last lesbian bars struggle to survive, advocates say, putting landmarks of queer  in dangerhistory

ABC News

When Herz, a lesbian club in Mobile, , opened in 2019, owner Rachel Smallman said she and her wife didn't have a place they could “go to ...

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Tuscaloosa Civil Rights  Tours Returning in JulyHistory

U.S. News & World Report

On the University of  campus, there were notorious, temporarily successful attempts to block integration, most notably Gov. Wallace's Stand in ...

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New art  exhibit opens at Harrison Brothers Hardwarehistory

whnt.com

The art show is called Rooted in : Interpreting  Folk Art Traditions, and it was unveiled during a ceremony held this morning at the ...

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Civil Rights Trail  Aims to Make History Easy to DigestBook

Alabama News Network

Civil Rights Trail  Aims to Make History Easy to Digest.  News Network Staff,. Posted: Jun 25, 2021 7:08 AM CDT. Updated: ...

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Selma's  Brown Chapel breaks ground on $1.3 million restorationhistoric

Alabama NewsCenter

Community.  Freedom Riders recall their fight for equal treatment. The event marked the 60th anniversary of the bus rides for racial equality.

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Rachel Ann Maples King

Times Daily

She spent years researching the  of LaGrange College, the King Family, the Town of Leighton, , and Leighton United Methodist Church.

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Why you should visit Abbeville,  at least onceAlabama

Alabama NewsCenter

Huggin' Molly's has an -fashioned soda fountain where you can order sweet treats like malts and ice cream floats. It has a menu filled with burgers, ...

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​​ASU Instructor's New  Based on True Experiences of TriumphBook

Alabama State University

ASU adjunct instructor and alumnae ('07) Deirdre Parker Jackson's new , “On Broken Pieces,” is an autobiographical journey that on broken ...

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Kresge Library fundraiser features staged reading of ' Story'Alabama

News at OU

The play dramatizes a determined librarian who faces off with a segregationist senator over a children's  in 1959 Montgomery, . The play ...

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 marker for civil rights leader unveiled in CullodenHistorical

Monroe County Reporter

Robinson was arguably the force behind the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, . that made Rosa Parks a household name and helped launch the ...

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The  Barbecue Bucket ListAlabama

al.com

Lilly, who is widely regarded as one of the top pitmasters in America, has led the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Que team to a  five grand championship ...

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New book lists major Southern sites from the civil rights movement

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Sentell has spent the last three years visiting that and other sites that were important in the South's civil rights . Sentell, director of the  ...

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Justin Thomas Named First-Ever Olympian in  Men's Golf AlabamaHistory

rolltide.com

Former  men's golfer Justin Thomas has been named one of 60 golfers who will compete for a Gold Medal at the 2021 Olympic Games held ...

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