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Sunday, May 17, 2020

Alabama History & Culture News: May 17 edition




Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these articles are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!


Dani Loeb makes history as first National Team skier from Alabama
Now, I know what you're thinking: how does a gal from Alabama find her way to the snow and a pair of skis? “I was a gymnast. I did gymnastics at United ...

Six from UAB named to Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
He participated in early studies on the treatment of acute leukemia with aminopterin — one of the first drugs in the history of medicine to bring about ...

Meet the Young Couple Transforming a Crumbling Alabama Town into a Modern "Mayberry"
Just outside of Huntsville, Alabama, Whitney and Bethany Dean are ... “We're turning history into an experience,” Whitney told Southern Living. Today ...

Bayer Properties plans a redevelopment of another historic downtown Birmingham building
Bayer Properties plans a redevelopment of another historic downtown ... new project in downtown Birmingham from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo. ... It qualifies for historic tax credits and opportunity zone incentives, which ...

Alabama advertising leader, philanthropist dies at 94
Alabama advertising leader, philanthropist dies at 94 ... at the University of Alabama with what was at the time the largest gift in the university's history.
[Lewis Monroe Manderson, Jr.]

Alabama Theatre and Lyric Theatre Feeling Economic Brunt of Outbreak
Both the Alabama Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, located in downtown ... but the COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the future of our historic venues.


On This Day: Alabama Gov. George Wallace shot during presidential campaign
On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. George Wallace and three others were shot ... On this date in history: In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in ...

7 times historic tax credits have helped preserve Birmingham's skyline
The Alabama Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit is a 25% refundable tax credit for both private and commercial properties. To be eligible, the property ...

He will be buried at Oakwood University Memorial Gardens Cemetery next week. Details for the service are still being confirmed. Copyright 2020 WAFF.

Buildings receive historic designation
The city can now include a log cabin and the Ma Brown Dog Trot structures to its list of officially recognized historical buildings by the Alabama Historical ...


Steve Flowers: Recounting the 1965 Special Succession Session
Therefore, the momentous and historical September 1965 Special Session called by Wallace is referred to in Alabama political lore as the Succession ...


What if Paul 'Bear' Bryant had taken the Miami Dolphins job in 1970?
I have no idea if anyone at Alabama would have pushed in all their chips on a (29-year-old) guy. Alabama's been pretty conservative in its hires ...

The City of Guntersville is pleased to announce that Historic Guntersville City Cemetery Celebration has been honored by the Alabama Bicentennial ...

Author Marc Lacy shares insight into his creative process
A native of Huntsville, Alabama, and a proud graduate of Alabama A&M ... My first book was a book of poetry called The Looking Heart Poetic ...

Novato's John Shea, Willie Mays team up for book on baseball legend
Mays knew racism firsthand since childhood, growing up in the Jim Crow South near Birmingham, Alabama. The book quotes Martin Luther King Jr. as ...

Southern LGBTQ History Project Recognized by Archivists
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama-based program compiling the history of LGBT people in the Deep South is being recognized for its work.


2 films with Alabama ties among nominees for Peabody Awards
Both films explore the experiences of black people in Alabama, illuminating racial ... It was a mix of myth and realism and historical weight, symbolism.


Bart Starr: A Legendary Quarterback
Johnny Dee, the basketball coach at Alabama, was a friend of the personnel director of the Green Bay Packers. Dee recommended Starr as a prospect ...

Author Louise O'Connor's new book “The Practice Round” is a lighthearted collection of true stories ...
... O'Connor's new book “The Practice Round” is a lighthearted collection of true stories recalling memorable events in her life in southern Alabama ...

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Alabama History & Culture News: May 7 edition





Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these articles are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!


Church marks 200th year since founding
First Presbyterian was also a pioneer in the education of women, with the 1833 founding of the Alabama Female Academy with the church's ...


Former UAB nurse Carolyn Hood recalls 30-year career
Carolyn Hood wasn't so much interested in making history as she was taking care ... Carolyn Hood was a trailblazer in Alabama nursing from Alabama ...


Three Female Alabama Graduates make UAB History
This month's commencement ceremony at the University of Alabama at Birmingham marked the first time in its history that the School of Engineering ...


Alabama native, popular blogger writes first book, 'Mom Babble'
Alabama native, popular blogger writes first book, 'Mom Babble'. Updated 9:49 AM; Today 8:00 AM.


NPR podcast 'White Lies' named Pulitzer Prize finalist
Alabama-based hosts Brantley and Grace traveled to Selma to speak to the people ... Southerners talk about, and sometimes gloss over, the history of the region. Ultimately, the hosts told AL.com last year, the podcast is about race.


Troy Rotary marks 100th anniversary
He recently joined the board of the Pioneer Museum of Alabama. His continuing interest in history and his preparation for the Rotary talk led him to the ...


The Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasis. Look into the details.
... book is based on how she spent her childhood in Huntsville, Alabama. She was awarded the John Leonard Award for her very first book, ” The ...


LOOKING BACK: Memories on the hill
Anne Walker noted in her book The Story Of The Alabama Baptist Children's Home, “The cottages were soon filled to overflowing. And with the ...


ICYMI: Eureka artist uses quarantine to collaborate on alphabet book
Langham, a Eureka High School graduate, now lives in Alabama. Scheer said her daughter's concept was an alphabet book, which would require at ...

WRITING TO REMEMBER: Founder of Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride pens book
He said most students learn about the Trail of Tears in Alabama through a 30-minute lesson plan. He wants to give students a copy of his book so they ...

Alabama's old bookstores holding on with new strategies, online events
Book sales didn't fall for the Alabama Booksmith in Homewood during Alabama's retail quarantine. Owner Jake Reiss will continue to keep the doors ...


BOOK REVIEW: 'Historic Alabama Bells' and Paul Revere's role
We would be forgiven if we didn't know the role Paul Revere played in Alabama history. Through the tenacious endeavors of Thomas Kaufmann, we ...

Drive-By Truckers release 'Quarantine Together' on Bandcamp
The Drive-By Truckers have a long history of performances in Alabama and recorded their breakthrough album, 2001′s “Southern Rock Opera,” in ...


Are you ready for 'Hunger Games' prequel book and film?
A new book by Suzanne Collins, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” is set ... Collins, a graduate of the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, ...


The family moved several more times, living in Alabama and Georgia. While in ... She and her husband are buried in St. Luke's Episcopal Cemetery in ...
[Caroline Lee Hentz; she & her family lived more than a decade in #Alabama]

Here, then, are some things you might not know about Harper Lee. Don't Edit. AL.com file photo. FEAR FACTOR. Alabama historian Wayne ...

He will be laid to rest in Herring Cemetery. October 15, 1888—Dr. William Gardner Gill, born April 14, 1819, before Alabama ...


Three women blaze the path as the first females to graduate from UAB with civil engineering ...
Sandra CuttsThis Friday's commencement ceremony at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will mark the first time in its history that the School of ...

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Alabama History & Culture News: April 29 edition





Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these articles are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!


10 recent books with Alabama ties you'll want to read
In the past several months, books released with Alabama ties include a short story collection by 16 of the state's most famous writers, a biography of ...



Park Service Awards $500K for Restoration of Oldest Building at Alabama HBCU
historic site of the civil rights movement that graces the campus of one of Alabama's historically Black colleges and universities is getting a facelift to ...
[Building is at Miles College]


UNA receives bicentennial legacy award
FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama's Collier Library and Information Services project, Celebrating Our History: Inventory of Archival ...


Effort to preserve Prattville history honored
Effort to preserve Prattville history honored. Marty Roney, Montgomery ... Pratt is touted as Alabama's first industrialist. "Most people think that ...

Alabama, Lyric Theatres in B'ham need help to stay open during coronavirus pandemic
“WITHOUT YOUR HELP, WE ARE HISTORY,” the post reads, in part. If you would like to support these historic landmarks, you can donate at this link.



Alabama's day of devastation: Remembering the April 27 tornado outbreak 9 years later
There were 62 confirmed tornadoes in Alabama on that one day alone, making it one of the largest tornado outbreaks in Alabama history. Alabama ...



Former Confederate capitals take very different paths on voting rights
With few interruptions in their history, Montgomery, Alabama, and ... to address Alabama's historical legacy and present-day implementation of voter ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'Historic Alabama Bells' and Paul Revere's role
"Historic Alabama Bells," by Thomas Kaufmann, (History Press, South Carolina), $23.99 paperback. SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM! Please log in, or ...

This week is a deadly anniversary in the history of lynching
Utilizing brains and brawn only works when communities come together. - Jaylah Cosby, JCMP 2020 Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham.


Embracing her call to lead: Homewood rector to become 1st female bishop in Episcopal Diocese of ...
She had already hit a “first female” mile-stone earlier in her life when she became the first female in Alabama history to lead a four-year university.


Red, Black, White: The Communist Party in Alabama
Mary Stanton's Red, Black, White: The Alabama Communist Party, 1930-1950 is a concise, readable overview, a welcome contribution to the history of ...


... have been made for his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.” ... “Alabama mourns his loss, but we continue to honor his life of tremendous service ...


The name of the tiny town of Pine Apple in South Alabama is confusing to some. Is it named for ... A historic cemetery adjoins the grounds. Don't Edit.

The story behind Alabama's second oldest covered bridge
While it stands, let's take a look at the history of one of Alabama's oldest covered bridges. NOTE: This bridge is located on private property and not ...



She is buried near her mother in Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we ...
[Jean Byron]


She practiced with her rock band, Alabama Shakes, whenever she could. “I would work ... We drove past a cemetery (“Hell, yeah! Thinkin' about death ...

historic life
Sarah Van Voorhis Woolfolk Wiggins bore the nickname “Belle,” as in Southern, somewhat ironically. As the University of Alabama history department's ...


Sarah Wiggins
Ruth Truss, left, professor of history at the University of Montevallo, and Sarah Wiggins attend the induction of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle into the Alabama ...

You can visit these real Alabama sites mentioned in novels
Writers love to draw from their experiences and familiar places to add realism to fictional books. Often, authors will create made-up settings based on ...

9 mural cities you can visit in Alabama without leaving your car
The city of about 65,000 residents is decorated with at least 19 murals in its historic downtown. Subjects include local history, famous people from the ...

'The Slave Who Went to Congress' tells the story of Alabama's Benjamin Turner
On the heels of the Alabama's bicentennial celebration, this book provides an ... In addition, NewSouth Books has provided a free lesson plan to help ...

Alabama granted ownership of the Clotilda ship wreck
The AHC is charged with protecting, preserving and interpreting Alabama's historic places. This charge also includes abandoned shipwrecks, or the ...


State of Alabama given ownership of last US slave ship
A federal judge granted ownership of the Clotilda shipwreck to the Alabama Historical Commission in a one-page order released Monday.

Clotilda presents the state with an opportunity
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose ordered ownership of the remains of the two-masted Gulf schooner transferred to the Alabama Historical ...


Alabama granted ownership of the Clotilda ship wreck
The AHC is charged with protecting, preserving and interpreting Alabama's historic places. This charge also includes abandoned shipwrecks, or the ...