Sunday, September 12, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: September 12 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. Some articles may be behind a paywall. Enjoy!


Harper Lee travels blurred line between fact and fiction in "Furious Hours" - Columbia Daily Tribune
Mild spoilers may be included. On Aug. 3, 1970, the Rev. Willie Maxwell's wife, Mary Lou, was found dead in her car beside an Alabama highway. During ...

Copy Shop Near Auburn University Closes After 34 Years | Alabama News - USNews.com
“He became our loyal customer,” Solomon said. “We've printed his book before it was published so many times.” Behind the Glass owner Donna Young ...


Local medical student writes COVID-19 children's book: 'The Virus That Came to Town' - WRDW
Walters says plenty of friends, family, and children helped him pull off this book including an art teacher in Alabama who illustrates it. If you want ..

First Baptist Church Bay Minette celebrates 150th anniversary
Dalton Campbell of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission also presented a plaque during the service. Share with others:.

Aiming for the Unmediated Response: A Conversation with Brandon Taylor
BRANDON TAYLOR'S NEW BOOK — his first short story collection, ... A writer, editor, and essayist, Taylor was born in Alabama and studied chemistry ...
Tim Gayle's new book "Cramton Bowl" is an intriguing account of the historical purpose of a ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sep. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tim Gayle, a journalist and native Montgomery sports reporter, has completed his new book ...

Harold Franklin, Auburn University's first African American student, passes away at age 88
... passed away Thursday at his home in Sylacauga, Alabama. ... from the University of Denver and teaching history at Alabama State University, ...


First Black Student at Auburn University Dies at 88 | Alabama News - USNews.com
... the University of Denver and taught history at Alabama State University, ... A historic marker near the university library tells his story, ..

Alabama's Return to the Sea | Hakai Magazine
Adiel Klompmaker, the curator of paleontology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, which has owned and excavated a large swath of Harrell ...


This historic hotel is a snapshot of Alabama history - al.com
The hotel managed to stay in business in part because it gained a reputation for the “family-style meals served there,” Joyce Burrage wrote in the book ...

Wetumpka becomes tourist mecca for fans of Ben and Erin Napier - Alabama NewsCenter
The historic Victorian home, seen in the 2003 Tim Burton movie “Big Fish,” which was based on the novel by Alabama author Daniel Wallace, sits on a hill ...

Alabama Booksmith book store Homewood Alabama - WVTM 13
Book lovers from across Alabama are flocking to a bookstore in Homewood for a unique, nostalgic shopping experience. WVTM 13's Lisa Crane takes you inside ...

I walked across Selma's Edmund Petus Bridge and saw a synagogue | The Christian Century
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, is known around the world for one thing ... After our bridge walk into history, we climbed back into the car and ...

Alabama's tax credit for historic renovations providing boost to projects - The Business Journals
Alabama's tax credit for historic renovations has provided a big boost for downtown Birmingham. Will the program's extension spread that impact throughout the ...

Books of interest - Atmore News
Of Smoke and Sand deals with the lives and events surrounding the fictional Badaraque Plantation in Baldwin County, Alabama beginning in 1835 until falling ...

Poet's debut novel tells exhilarating story of Black family | Free | annistonstar.com
The book calls to mind the brilliant work of Yaa Gyasi in “Homegoing,” her 2016 award-winning debut novel set in both Ghana and Alabama, though Gyasi's book ...

Debut Novel, The Essence Of Nathan Biddle, Earns High Critical Acclaim, Accolades - PR Newswire
Debut Novel, The Essence Of Nathan Biddle, Earns High Critical Acclaim, Accolades. Written by Alabama native J. William Lewis, The Essence of Nathan Biddle is ...

Alumnus returns to OU for staged reading of his play 'Alabama Story' - The Oakland Post
“I took a lot of theatre and film history classes,” said Jones. “I wanted to be an entertainment writer.” After graduating, he worked as a critical ...


Lucille Times, civil rights figure who fought same driver of Rosa Parks bus, dies at 100 - Newsela
Her role in fighting segregation in Alabama reflected a "remarkable, but undiscovered piece of history" that was unknown to many nationwide, said Troy King.

Hundreds gathered at Hillcrest Cemetery in Boaz Saturday afternoon to ... of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution dressed in full ...

Navy Fireman 2nd Class Ralph Curtis Battles, 25, was on board the USS Oklahoma Dec. 7, 1941, and for decades he's been buried as an unknown in the National ...

Auburn's 'Bloody Sunday' history project to receive $189,837 NEH grant - Alabama NewsCenter
“We will be using much of the work that doctors Hébert and Burt did on documenting the historic sites from that period in Selma's history,” Gaddis said. That ...

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