Saturday, October 30, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: October 30 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!


The ghost ship of the Eliza Battle - al.com
The legend of Alabama's ghost ship. ... But most agree her sinking was “one of the greatest calamities” in Alabama history, according to author ...


Fairmount Baptist Church marks 200 years of serving Red Level
Ellen Dewberry of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission presented the church with a certificate, and a photo album and scrapbook of special ...


Bethel Baptist Association celebrates bicentennial
Lonette Berg, executive director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission, and Rick Barnhart of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions ...


J.T. Pearson's grave at Elmwood Cemetery. The night Pearson died, a total of ... Last call for haunted houses in Alabama as Halloween approaches.

Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Is Fighting to Clear Her Record - Smithsonian Magazine
For years, her relatives worried that she would be arrested by the police, for any possible reason, whenever she visited Alabama. “My conviction for ...

Roy Wood Jr. on Stand-up, His Alabama Roots, and What Makes a Comedian - The Ringer
Roy Wood Jr. talks about how he got started in stand-up, how his Alabama roots have influenced him as a comedian, and the qualities that make a ...

The ghost ship of the Eliza Battle - al.com
The legend of Alabama's ghost ship. ... in Alabama history, according to author Rufus Ward in his 2010 book, “The Tombigbee River Steamboats.”.

According to a 2006 recounting in Alabama Heritage magazine, ... Irene's body was moved to the city cemetery for immediate burial.

Chipola Theatre announces staged reading of 'Alabama Rain' | Local | dothaneagle.com
No set, no props, no costumes. Actors interact and perform the story with script, similar to listening to an audio book. With more stories to tell ...

After 'Blood,' Allison Moorer writes about life with an autistic child - al.com
Alabama native Allison Moorer takes flight with 'Crows'. The saving power of music was a theme that ran through that book. Early on in her new one ...
Haunted history awaits Old Alabama Town visitors Friday - Montgomery Advertiser
Nothing is quite as spooky as history, and guests can get a frightful lot of it Friday during tours at the Haunting at Old Alabama Town.


Haunted Hartselle hosts Ghost Walk Thursday
“Hartselle is one of the most haunted historic downtowns in Alabama,” said Lesley Ann Hyde, a Cullman State Farm agent who started the paranormal ...

Centennial Hill: A neighborhood worth preserving - Montgomery Advertiser
Destruction of “physical history” also destroys present values. ... architectural preservation is a set-aside, known as Old Alabama Town, ...


East Cullman Association celebrates 75th anniversary | The Alabama Baptist
Mary Ellen Holmes, associational historian, presented the history of East Cullman Association, and David Stancil, pastor at Enon Baptist Church in ...


Vickery speaks to historical society - The Troy Messenger
Lou Vickery, the author of “Alabama Creek Indians,” spoke to the Pike County Historical, Genealogical and Preservation Society at the Pioneer ...


Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus, ...

Oak Hill Cemetery: One of the oldest cemeteries in Alabama, Oak Hill is said to be haunted by numerous spirits, most notably the ghost of ...

Other leaders of patriotic groups also in attendance included Patrice Donnelly, State Regent, Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution; ...


USS Alabama completes 100th patrol - US Pacific Fleet
Alabama joined a select group, alongside USS Alaska (SSBN 732) and USS Henry ... patrol in the history of the Ohio-class SSBN force,” said Murphy.


Learning from history in Montgomery, Alabama - Wichita, KS
Montgomery, Alabama is a two-and-a-half hour drive from Atlanta, Georgia. And one well worth the trip. A group of women I know from my synagogue ...


Historical marker dedicated to Black women suffragists of Huntsville unveiled - WAAY
When their history becomes known and is integrated into our historical narrative, then the full tapestry that is Alabama history can become ...

These Tour Stops On University of Alabama's Campus Tell of Dark Racial History | The ...
From the construction of the initial buildings to the destruction of the campus on April 4, 1865 when Union troops descended on Tuscaloosa, ...


Preserving the history of Birmingham Black Radio: a discussion of preservation, outreach and collaboration

RB Riter, B Friedman, K McDade, J Hirschy - Global Knowledge, Memory and …, 2021
… Purpose – The Birmingham Black Radio Museum (BBRM) is a community
museum and archives located in Birmingham, Alabama (USA) … Design/methodology/approach
– This analysis is informed by historical, case study and autoethnographic methods …


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