Saturday, February 26, 2022

Alabama History & Culture News: February 26 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!



Distinguished Lecture Series presenting Patti Callahan Henry
She is the recipient of The Christy Award 2019 Book of the Year winner, The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2020 and the Alabama ...


UNA releases book about most influential women alumni - YouTube
The University of North Alabama has released a book featuring some of the most influential women in campus history.News 19 is North Alabama's News ...


Alabama author prepares fourth book in popular 'Maysa Brown' series
Alabama author prepares fourth book in popular 'Maysa Brown' series Hugh Hardy Jr. authors the "Maysa Brown" series of books. (contributed).

Righting a Wrong: State boosts preservation of Black history - WBRC
The racial justice protests of June 2020 found their way to the steps of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. In fact, you can find a ...

(Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter). Phyllis Palmer remembers laughing when her brother talked about being buried at Elmwood Cemetery.

Visit Historic Mooresville, the north Alabama town where two U.S. Presidents spent time - WAFF
It's no secret Alabama has a rich history, but did you know that two U.S. presidents and a film crew spent time in Mooresville, Alabama?

“Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs” By - Alabama Public Radio
The first five volumes were books by Melville, Hawthorne, Whitman, Stowe and Twain. There are over 300 volumes now, and Albert Murray is, ...


Alabama's first Black doctors and their lasting legacies - al.com
#BlackHistoryMonth and we begin with a weeklong examination of stories pulled from the book "The Colored Baptists of #Alabama."


You won't believe the history behind Hart's Fried Chicken - al.com
The oldest of 11 children, L.S. Hartzog was born in Barbour County, Alabama, and grew up on a farm. Robert says his Uncle Hot only went to school ...


G.W. Carver Interpretive Museum preserving history since 2000 - WTVY
“There is lots of powerful history here in Alabama and especially in the surrounding areas and this is why we have this space,” Jones said.

Historical Markers: Indian Treaty Boundary Line | News | unionspringsherald.com
This included Georgia and most of Central Alabama, to the United States Government. Major General Andrew Jackson continued to Louisiana and defeated ...


Cleon Jones, an Africatown resident and famed, retired New York Mets outfielder, helps guide the volunteers during the cemetery cleanup. (Alabama ...


Answer Man: Where can I find information about old Dothan postcards? | Local News ...
This vintage postcard shows the Dothan Opera House at 115 N. St. Andrews St. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY POSTCARD COLLECTION.


Lynching, KKK, segregation: Tuscaloosa civil rights history marked
Capitol Park (2800 Sixth St.): A building once stood in Capitol Park that served as a meeting area for the Alabama Legislature.


New history of Pickens County Baptists highlights 300 years of church life in West Alabama ...
The book, “Studies in the History of the Pickens Baptist Association of West Alabama,” includes Farley's writings about Baptist work in the region ...


PFC Bill Morrison will be interred at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort.


History Demands We Preserve the Wreck of America's Last Slave Ship - TIME
The ship is the key to that history, for all Americans. But the Alabama Historical Commission has yet to promise to the Clotilda descendants that the ...


Auburn University, Alabama Extension unveil historical marker recognizing Alfa centennial
Auburn University and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System celebrated the Alabama Farmers Federationand#8217;s recent centennial celebration ...


"It's a great day to be in Birmingham, Alabama"—notes from the Secretary of the Interior's ...
Birmingham had a special visitor this past week! Learn about Secretary Deb Haaland's visit + check out progress on the historic A.G. Gaston Motel!


'Architecture as an artifact': Auburn professors scan 3D digital reconstructions of historic ...
As the ashy paint that clings to the outside of the buildings across Alabama peel more and more with every passing year, two Auburn University ...


Georgia Gilmore, the Alabama Cook Who Fueled the Civil Rights Movement | Mental Floss
Georgia Gilmore and the “Club From Nowhere”. Georgia Gilmore preparing a box lunch.The Montgomery Advisor/Alabama Department of Archives and History, ...

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