Sunday, October 30, 2022

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 best of Alabama lore and legends: Auburn native goes viral for sharing ghost stories
Montgomery Advertiser
Joshua Dairen loves ghosts. In fact, he loves anything along the lines of the supernatural, paranormal, mystical and historical.


The Southern Ghost Girls are spilling secrets about haunted Alabama - WAFF
WAFF
HARTSELLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - Every year, hundreds of people flock to Alabama's historic and haunted places to see if anything is ...


Alabama A&M, Alabama State each receive $500,000 for historic preservation - al.com
AL.com
Alabama State and Alabama A&M presented with historic preservation checks. (From left) Dr. Quinton Ross, the president of Alabama State University ...



Watch NASA demolish one of its buildings in Alabama on Saturday - Space.com
Space.com
The historical preservation team at Marshall, NASA's lead center for rocketry and propulsion research, is working with the agency's History Office and ...


Huntsville elementary school class celebrates publishing its own book | News | waaytv.com
WAAY-TV
The book, called Ms. Ford's Class Goes to Hollywood, was published by a publisher that does not charge a fee for books written by students. Ms. Ford's ...

Suspenseful thrillers you didn't know were written by an Alabama local - WAFF
WAFF
(TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - October is the perfect time to curl up with a good book, especially a thriller. Georgina Cross is a local author known for ...

11 Small Town Romance Books That'll Make You Feel Right At Home - Yahoo
Yahoo
Set on the Gulf Coast in Sweet Bay, Alabama, this new book from Lauren K. Denton is about starting over in a new place, finding fresh beginnings ...

BPL Hosting 2022 Local Authors Expo November 5 at the Central Library
Birmingham Public Library Blog
Details: The 2022 BPL Local Authors Expo will showcase Alabama authors, ... Moderator Ruby Davis, Tania De'Shawn and book coach Dr. Fred Jones.


Historical preservation underway at Ave Maria Grotto - The Cullman Tribune
The Cullman Tribune
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman's Ave Maria Grotto recently received a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts to begin the historical ...


Alabama Historical Commission to restore life in Ashford landmark - WDHN
WDHN
ASHFORD, Ala. (WDHN) — The Alabama Historical Commission wants to save and preserve a century-old landmark in Ashford. The Dupree School has been ...

CBS 42
It was a grave marker.” With the help of the University of Alabama's archeological department, Holley tells CBS42 they marked nearly 150 graves, some ...

'He is the greatest athlete to walk the Earth': Auburn legend Bo Jackson's life chronicled in new book
CBS 42
Pearlman, who has written nine books that have appeared on the New York ... “He grew up in Bessemer, Alabama, it was very poor, almost exclusively ...


Comer Memorial Baptist Church, Alexander City, celebrates 100th anniversary
The Alabama Baptist
Calvin Milford of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission presented a ... “Facts and statistics don't make history,” said Sandra Harris, ...


St. Paul United Methodist Church receives grant money for historic preservation | CBS 42
CBS 42
The goal is to help preserve civil rights sites in Alabama. Sewell said it's important to keep Alabama's history and the role it plays in our ...


AL.com
Officials from the Alabama Forestry Commission also responded. “They were unable to do anything due to the graves,'' Hooten said.


One Of Alabama's Only Drive-In Theaters Is Hiding In A Small Town And You'll Want To Visit
Only In Your State
King Drive-In is located in Russellville, Alabama and is the state's oldest continuously operated drive-in theater.

A Writer Confronts the South's Tradition of Racist Terror ‹ CrimeReads
CrimeReads
When I finished my debut novel, The Confessions of Matthew Strong, I planned a trip to Birmingham, Alabama to search for the plantation homes and ...

Exhibit on AU's land grant history in RBD Library - Auburn University
Auburn University
The exhibit's documents and other artifacts showcase the initial government and administrative work involved in Auburn's (then, The Alabama ...

Community shines light on a little-known incident in civil rights-era Birmingham
Alabama NewsCenter
A walking tour and historical marker are part of a larger Beth El Civil ... As University of Alabama at Birmingham 2020 history graduate Imani ...

Book Review: 'The Confessions of Matthew Strong,” by Ousmane K. Power-Greene
The New York Times
And when she returns to Alabama after the sudden death of her grandmother, she finds that the language she uses to describe her own work to her ...

Publishing dream comes true for University of Mobile history students | The Alabama Baptist
The Alabama Baptist
As a way to practice historical research, students in Downs's Alabama history class researched and wrote “encyclopedia articles” that would be ...

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