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!
| NEW RELEASES: 6 local authors with page-turning books you don't want to miss | Bham Now These local authors are heating up the book charts in Birmingham. ... “This is not just an Alabama story, it's an international story. |
| Autherine Lucy Foster, first Black student at University of Alabama, dies at 92 - The Washington Post “I asked the Lord to give me the strength — if I must give my life — to give it freely,” she later recalled, according to Nora Sayre's book “Previous ... |
| Autherine Lucy Foster, First Black Student at U. of Alabama, Dies at 92 - The New York Times Growing up as the youngest of 10 children in an Alabama farm family, she simply wanted to get the best education her state could offer. She obtained a ... |
City, UA group partner to do cemetery repairs - The Brewton Standard
State officials acknowledged the historical significance of Union Cemetery for our area by adding it to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register on ...
Autherine Lucy Foster, first Black student at the University of Alabama, dies at 92 - CBS 42
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black Student to enroll at the University of Alabama, has died. She was 92 years old.
| Alabama's Hidden History: Rev. Lorenzo Bonner - WVUA 23 By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller. WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Rev. Lorenzo Bonner. Bonner is the senior pastor ... |
| Alabama's Hidden History: Melvin Jones-Conley - WVUA 23 By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller. WVUA 23 and the Murphy African-American Museum honor Mister Melvin Jones-Conley. |
The 50 Legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association Pruett was the first person in ASWA history to win the Herby Kirby Award for story of year, the Bill Shelton Award, be named to the Hall of Fame, and ... |
| Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' has a major Alabama connection | Miami Herald Inventing Anna,” the new hit series on Netflix, has viewers obsessed with the real-life saga of Anna Sorokin, a con artist who duped the ... |
| Birmingham students write and produce “My Voice Will Cry Out”, an original Black History ... Significance of Black History Month. Odessa Woolfolk addressing Huffman High School students on February 25, 2022. (United Way of Central Alabama). |
| Proposed cultural center in Auburn to highlight Black history, contributions to city - Alabama ... A Rosenwald school in Midway, Alabama. ... It would include a museum space focused on the city's Black history and provide a special events venue ... |
Inside one of Alabama's only Black history high school classes: What is taught? - al.com
The class, “History of Us,” began in 2019 at Central High School, where University of Alabama Associate Professor John Giggie and graduate student ...
| Memorial service set for longtime University of Alabama trustee - Tuscaloosa News He died Dec. 21, 2021, at the age of 92 and was buried in a private graveside service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. A Birmingham native, Oliver ... |
| 'We're telling their stories': A day of reckoning in Montgomery will honor the 'Mothers of Gynecology' READ MORE: This Montgomery tour guide brings Alabama history to life ... At the time, the city planned to relocate the statue Sim's burial ground ... |
| Alabamian's work honored with Library of America volume| DON NOBLE - Tuscaloosa News Albert Murray, an Alabama native, was an extraordinary man and truly ... recently examined by Ben Raines in his book on the slave ship Clotilda. |
| Art created by current, former inmates on display - Shelton Herald ... at the the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery. ... Participants in Auburn University's Alabama Prison Arts + Education ... |
| Writer turns to Wiregrass roots for new novel | Local News | dothaneagle.com Raised in Southeast Alabama, Tom Miller chose to set his post-World War II ... “I was trained as a historian and have tried to present historical ... |
| PHOTOS: Alabama honors Autherine Lucy Foster - Montgomery Advertiser The University of Alabama unveiled a historic marker honoring Autherine Lucy Foster, the first black student admitted to an all-white college in ... |
| Auburn legend Lionel "Little Train" James passes away | News | waaytv.com James was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. One of the most popular players in Auburn football history, James weighed 150 ... |
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