Sunday, July 31, 2022

Alabama History and Culture News: July 31 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!



Theater Review: M Ensemble's "Blues for an Alabama Sky" at Sandrell Rivers Theater
Miami's M Ensemble first presented "Blues for an Alabama Sky" in the ... Tommy Kwak Captures Miami Beach's Lifeguard Towers in New Photo Book.


The Haunted Book Shop moving to new digs - FOX10 News
(WALA) - Mobile's funkiest bookstore, The Haunted Book Shop, is on the move. ... CDC: More than a dozen cases of monkeypox in Alabama ...


Neo-gothic debut novel satirizes reality television | DON NOBLE - Tuscaloosa News
Lee Rozelle is an Alabamian, raised, he says, in “backwoods Alabama,” by which I think he means northeast Alabama. He also says he was raised by ...

Historic Commission receives national honor | Alabama Mountains
The Decatur Historic Preservation Committee has been honored with a national award for the creation of an educational booklet.


Hobson City announces Founder's Day details
27—HOBSON CITY — Ministry and history will be the highlighted themes for ... Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Black Heritage Council.

'Art is history': National Endowment for the Arts chair visits Alabama Black Belt artists
Alabama artists gathered in Selma last week to discuss the joys and hardships of supporting the arts, especially in rural parts of the state.

A New Orleans tradition continues at this historic Alabama restaurant - al.com
For the staff at the historic, 115-year-old Bright Star restaurant in Bessemer, Ala., the annual Night in New Orleans celebration is like ...


Buckeyes get 'goosebumps' visiting historic sites in Alabama - Ohio State News
They also toured the Civil Rights Memorial Center, the Alabama Department of Archives and History and the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum, ...
Alabama finds ways to narrate complex and painful Civil Rights history with new cultural sites - iNews
The state will soon unveil its latest memorial, remembering 'Clotilda', the last known slave ship to arrive in the US that was discovered in the ...


Burial will follow in Forrest Cemetery. ... “My dad started a little construction business here in Gadsden, Alabama, and wanted me to come home," ...

102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored in Alabama - CBS 42
Romay Davis, 102, will be recognized for her service at an event at Montgomery City Hall. It follows President Joe Biden's decision in March to ...


Alabama Girl Becomes Youngest Black Med Student in US History - The Root
Alabama Girl Becomes Youngest Black Med Student in US History. Alena Analeigh Wicker will begin her med school studies in 2024.


Gadsden's Miss Alabama celebrates 75 years of her title
Featured Photo: Pictured above, Miss Alabama 1947 Peggy Elder Butler (left) and her ... We've had three Miss Americas in the Miss Alabama history.


Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame chosen for "Southern Cultural Treasure" program by South Arts
The Carver Theatre in Birmingham's Fourth Avenue Historic District. (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now). On Thursday, July 21, Councilor Carol Clarke ...


15 Alabama restaurants that have stood the test of time - al.com
Rich in history and renowned for its sweet-and-tangy orange rolls, the All Steak Restaurant has been a Cullman institution for nearly 85 years.

Historic 135-year-old Homewood Church Makes Plans For Future Generations
Since the man is in his 90s, the Union Missionary Baptist Church will have to dismantle the organ and bring it to his home in Central Alabama to .

Part of Historic Area in Downtown Opelika Destroyed by Fire - Alabama News Network
Fire crews from Opelika and neighboring areas spent the overnight hours battling a large fire in the city's historic area. The fire happened in a ...

How Wisconsin helped propel an Alabama governor onto the national stage
Book explores George Wallace's appeal in the Badger State as he took aim at ... Alabama governor George Wallace shaking hands with members of the .

Legacy remains of WSY, Alabama's first radio station
But the company's embrace of another cutting-edge technology, just 16 years after Alabama Power's incorporation, is also historic. One hundred years ...


“While none of the graves were identified at the time, and in fact, most of the bodies were nothing but dust in wooden boxes by that time, ...

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