Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: August 3 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!



Southern Literary Trail highlights Alabama authors
A display about Lillian Hellman and “The Little Foxes” at the Marengo County History and Archives Museum in Demopolis. The dress, a re-creation of ...

'Through Her Eyes' Is A Must See Summer Movie Humanizing A Moment In Civil Rights
... Summer of 2021 Movie Picks,Through Her Eyes is the latest Civil Rights-era historical drama to take place in Selma, Alabama, following 15-year-old ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —. A Birmingham cemetery with a long history of neglect continues to deteriorate.


Alberton Baptist Church, Kinston, celebrates 125 years of serving community
The Joe Farris Family, Billy Chamblee and The Old Country Church Choir provided special music. Ellen Dewberry of the Alabama Baptist Historical ...


First Baptist Church, Trussville, celebrates 200th anniversary
Lonette Berg, executive director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission, and Michael Ethridge, director of operations for Birmingham Metro ...


Alabama state archives announces new exhibit on women's suffrage
Entitled “Justice Not Favor: Alabama Women & the Vote,” the new exhibit, presented by the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), will ...

Over $2.8 million awarded to preserve historic sites in Alabama related to civil rights
Over $2.8 million awarded to preserve historic sites in Alabama related to civil rights. by Sumner Harrell. Sunday, August 1st 2021. AA. 16th Street ...

'The Epicureans' latest novel by Dothan native
And like his first two books – Pulitzer-nominated “Land O'Goshen” and “Pickett's Charge” – the book has its roots in Alabama. “I have tried to write a book ...

History of Iron Man statue
It was originally placed in a pasture owned by Howard James at the intersection of Alabama Highway 36 and Forest Chapel Road, but it was then ...

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Centre, celebrates 125th anniversary
... Baptist Association and a commissioner for the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission, presented the church with a plaque in a later service.


National Parks Service grants funds for Civil Rights history preservation in Selma
Specifically, the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church Selma AL Legacy Foundation Inc. has received $500,000 to complete re-roofing of gabled and ...


$2.8 million awarded to Alabama historic sites
$2.8 million awarded to Alabama historic sites ... Birmginham's historic 16th Street Baptist Church. Rep. Terri Sewell announced Wednesday that over ...


Alabama NewsCenter — Green Acres Is the Place to Be for Wings and a Side of History
This iconic eatery is a popular draw in the middle of Birmingham's Fourth Avenue Historic District, which grew out of the city's segregationist past and ...


Historic AG Gaston Motel restoration will 'shine a light' on civil rights history
After an additional comment period, a final plan is expected to be unveiled in spring 2022. Alabama NewsCenter is presenting a continuing series ...


Dr. James McCollum celebrates UAH Romanian connection with book
Dr. James McCollum, a Professor Emeritus with The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has ...

US Civil Rights Trail companion book a showcase for Alabama history
Decades later, as Alabama's state tourism director, it inspired him to take a state list of African American heritage sites and create the Alabama Civil ...


Birmingham's Carver Theatre: 'We're happy to say it's back'
The depth and breadth of Alabama's connection to the history and development of jazz is more extensive than she ever imagined when she started the ...

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