Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Alabama History & Culture News: January 18 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!


Greenville welcomes Creek Confederacy Historian
The Greenville Advocate
Alabama historian Dr. Alex Colvin will serve as guest speaker at the Butler County HIstorical and Genealogical Society's quarterly meeting to be ...


Top 5 stories this week including renovation plans for historic Sloss Quarters + reopening of ...
Bham Now
“Sloss Furnaces is an important chapter in the story of Birmingham—in fact, there will be a documentary of the history on Alabama Public ...


Deadly Alabama tornado travelled a 77-mile path, one of the longest in state history - al.com
AL.com
With top winds of 150 mph, the storm held together from Mississippi all the way across Alabama and into Georgia.

Axios
State of play: Alabama is one of many states where Republicans are seeking to ... They walk around the cemetery where family members are buried.

Dothan Eagle
According to an Encyclopedia of Alabama article, the recipe was first printed ... Wesley Chapel cemetery inducted into Alabama historic registry.


Historical marker honors the fight for voting rights in Pike County - The Troy Messenger
The Troy Messenger
In 1965, African Americans that wanted to register to vote had to pass a literacy test – that was infamously difficult to pass – and pay a “poll tax.” ...


Berman Museum's refocused collection in Alabama showcases more than just historic weaponry
Alabama NewsCenter
Visitors to the Berman Museum in Anniston are seeing new exhibits, with an expanded view and perspective on world history.


Setting the stage: what made 1963 a pivotal year in Birmingham's history - Alabama NewsCenter
Alabama NewsCenter
As the historic events of 1963 prepared to unfold, the stage had been set to ... through his Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), ...

Did historic Selma's homes, monuments withstand possible tornado? Photos, video of damage
AL.com
The potential tornado drove through the historic Alabama town from west to east and appears to have done at least some damage to many homes in the ...

Historical society unearths Fort Tombecbe at January event | Community | newsaegis.com
St. Clair News-Aegis
The Pell City Historical Society will host a noted Alabama archeologist in mid-January. Ashley Dumas is an associate professor at University of ...

Glenn Wills author of "Forgotten Alabama" set to give presentation in Helena
Shelby County Reporter
Glenn Wills, author of “Forgotten Alabama” will feature as a guest speaker of the Helena Historic Preservation and Helena Public Library on ...


Research Rundown: Using the Alabama Media Group Collection - YouTube
YouTube
Digital Assets Coordinator Meredith McDonough will present “Using the Alabama Media Group Collection” to show how to access and use the historical ...

'The Mighty A' — Reliving History Aboard the USS Alabama - Coffee or Die Magazine
Coffee or Die Magazine
The USS Alabama is the nuclear submarine famously featured in the 1995 Cold War action-thriller Crimson Tide. Starring Denzel Washington and Gene ...

Report: Alabama institutions haven't returned remains of 3,641 Native Americans - CBS 42
CBS 42
In August 2022, the Alabama Department of Archives and History announced it had removed from display some Native funerary items and would return them ...

USACE helps preserve history in Mobile - DVIDS
DVIDS
Since 2018, the Mobile District Regulatory Division has been working with the Alabama Historical Commission and other stakeholders in its search ...


Jessica Maddox | at The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
... is an assistant professor of digital media at the University of Alabama. Her first book The Internet is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape our ...

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