Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Alabama History & Culture News: April 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!


UA history course explores queerness in the South - The Crimson White
“To really understand queer history in Alabama, you have to marry it to the history of discrimination against Black Americans.


Historical novel 'Take My Hand' focuses on involuntary sterilization of Black women - NPR
That's the question that protagonist Civil Townsend, a Black nurse in 1970s Alabama, has to grapple with when the federally funded clinic she ...


The church is long gone but the graves of many of the early settlers of ... receives marker at Pea Ridge Cemetery in Autauga County Alabama ...


University of Alabama breaks ground on Bryce Main, Randall Welcome Center
The University of Alabama's Randall Welcome Center will be in the renovated historic Bryce Main building. (contributed).


Muscogee (Creek) Nation returns to Alabama in historic homecoming ceremony | News
Muscogee (Creek) Nation returns to Alabama in historic homecoming ... want and deserve to know the history of their community,” said Hill.

Legacy Flight Academy: Continuing the Celebration of Black Aviation History - FLYING Magazine
The event, held at the historic Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, featured another original Tuskegee Airman: Brigadier General Charles McGee.


USS Alabama getting new deck after more than 8 decades | Stars and Stripes
It was moved to the Alabama coast, and Battleship Memorial Park opened in ... History. USS Alabama getting new deck after more than 8 decades



ASF is partnering with the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, an organization under the Alabama Historical Commission, to bring exhibits and ...


historic release from a Birmingham distillery - WBRC
“What the breweries did when they came in really started an evolution in the alcohol manufacturing business in Alabama.” As rules relaxed, Cubelic, ...

Hank Aaron to Jim Tabor: Alabama's 100-homer hitters - al.com
When the Mobile native hit the milestone home run, four of the top 19 home run hitters in history had Alabama baseball roots.
Fossil of prehistoric lobster likened to beef jerky after discovery in Alabama creek - Ledger-Enquirer
Adiel Klompmaker/Alabama Museum of Natural History photo. The remains of a 70-million-year-old carnivorous lobster have been found in Alabama, ...


Across rural Alabama, downtowns are making an energetic comeback
Atmore has added a stage and green space to a parking lot, and the stage incorporates a box car in a nod to the city's railroad history.

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