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 ... |
| Rock and roll icon Little Richard will be buried in Huntsville 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 ... |
| Guntersville bicentennial event receives award 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 ... |
