Alabama History & Culture News: April 14 edition

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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!

Longtime Family Dollar location in downtown Birmingham slated for redevelopment Birmingham Business Journal The project is expected to be reviewed by Alabama's historic commission at its next quarterly meeting. Those programs have been key to funding ...

Burleson building needs urgent repairs Hartselle Enquirer Arthur Orr, we have received a grant from the Alabama Historical Commission for $14,200; however, in order to use this 2020 grant money, we need ...

New book compiles F. Scott Fitzgerald's Alabama stories Alabama NewsCenter ... most iconic figures of the Roaring Twenties – Alabama native Zelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald. In celebration of the Fitzgeralds, NewSouth Books ...

Author Morris King's new book “Millie and Mo Dream Big” is an inspiring celebration of the ...  PR Web (press release) Morris King, a native of Huntsville, Alabama with a lifelong passion for training dogs, has published his latest book “Millie and Mo Dream Big”: an ...

13 Alabama African American Historic sites getting federal grants WBRC BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Thirteen African American Civil Rights Historic places in Alabama are getting funding from the National Park Service.

Historic former fire station is a hot property in Mobile al.com At the time, he had no idea of the building's history. ... Creole Fire Company, the first volunteer fire company in the state of Alabama, operated until the ...

Author Casey Cep to join online book discussion April 15 capegazette.com Some 17 years later, Lee returned to her native Alabama intending to write her own true-crime classic. She spent a year interviewing people at the trial ...

Veteran Comedian Vic Henley Dead at 57 After Suffering Pulmonary Embolism NTD Henley was a 30-plus-years comedy veteran, born and raised in Alabama. He coauthored the national best-selling book “Games Rednecks Play” with ...

Alabama Humanities Foundation names new leader Alabama NewsCenter AHF grants help promote the appreciation and understanding of history, literature, philosophy, civics and culture throughout the state. Clark said virtually ...

Rep. Terri Sewell Announces $3.5M for Civil Rights Landmarks in Ala. Birmingham Times Securing funding to insure the preservation of crucial civil rights history throughout Alabama's 7th Congressional District has been one of Sewell's top ...

Alabama authorities urge people to ignore KKK-era anti-masking law al.com Said Flynt, “What was in Alabama history a painful episode in racism (wearing masks to cloak violence) is now urged by the state as a way of ...

Retired Methodist minister pens published children's book Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Don, an Alabama native who has lived in Amory for several years, promoted his new book, which tells the fictional story of Queen Pernicious' love for ...

A Survivor of the Last US Slave Ship Lived Until 1940 History Her name was Matilda McCrear. When she first arrived in Alabama in 1860, she was only two years old. By the time she died, Matilda had lived through ...

Alabama History & Culture News: April 5 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!

Birmingham Public Library Featured In Atlantic Article Patch.com Tthe Atlantic stated, "The Birmingham Public Library in Alabama has a list of ... For almost a century, a local library has guarded its city's history.".

1918 flu pandemic killed more people than Alabama could count: Survivors said heed warnings

al.com

... stories were recorded by the Alabama Department of Archives and History ... It caused more deaths than any other illness in history, according to the ...

Some History Regarding Alabama Football Jersey Numbers

247Sports

I have a longtime history with Alabama football rosters. When I joined the Alabama sports information office in 1970 my primary job was to prepare ..

Alabama History@Home is an online window into state's past and more Alabama NewsCenter Alabama History@Home is an online window into state's past and more. By Alabama NewsCenter Staff. April 2, 2020. Alabama History@Home is an ...

'Whiteout': An Artist's Frank Memoir About His Family's Racist Past kcstudio.org This frank admission forms the introduction to “Whiteout,” a new book by ... Following a childhood in Alabama and Virginia, Merrill began his artistic ...

Downtown tree honors Troy history Troy Messenger “Deer Stand Hill in the historic downtown square in Troy was clearly a ... “We were the first chapter in Alabama to be installed at a State Assembly and ...

Vintage photos show 100 years of Alabama health workers al.com Alabama Department of Archives and History. A child receives a polio immunization shot at a clinic at Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery in ..

5 Ways Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, 'Dean of the Civil Rights Movement,' Changed Black History Black Enterprise Born on Oct. 6, 1921, in Huntsville Alabama, Lowery spent his adolescence in Alabama and Chicago. After earning a bachelor's degree at Paine ...

“Glory Road: A Novel” By: Lauren K. Denton Alabama Public Radio Don Noble's newest book is Alabama Noir, a collection of original stories by Winston Groom, Ace Atkins, Carolyn Haines, Brad Watson, and eleven ...

Book Review: The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter's Journey to Reconciliation The Humanist George Wallace, four-term governor of Alabama and three-time presidential candidate, relished hypocrisy. He relished it in himself and in his enemies.

Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies at 98 11Alive.com WXIA In 1961, Lowery, still in Mobile at the time, was one of four Alabama pastors whose property was seized by the Alabama courts in a historic libel suit, ... Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, dies at 98 - Los Angeles Times Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, dies at 98 - Herald-Mail Media Full Coverage

Last surviving African slave lived in Selma until her death in 1940, British researcher says al.com In May 2019, wreckage of a ship discovered in Mobile Bay was finally confirmed as the Clotilda, according to the Alabama Historical Commission.

The last slave ship survivor and her descendants identified National Geographic She was just two years old when she arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in July 1860, a captive aboard the infamous Clotilda, the last known slave ship to ...

Selma to Montgomery March: Alabama State University honors 55th anniversary of historic event ... Montgomery Advertiser Alabama State University officials gathered Wednesday in front of the Capitol downtown to place a wreath at the historical marker for the Selma to ...

Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins stricken with coronavirus Opelika Auburn News ... and when he came back he was ill, and was admitted to East Alabama. ... Adkins and co-author Katie Jackson of Opelika released a book in 2018, ..

"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" By: Bryan Stevenson Alabama Public Radio The heart of this book is the story of Walter McMillian of Monroe County, Alabama. In 1986, Stevenson, in his late twenties, working at the Southern ...

Women's History Month: Theresa Burroughs' Greensboro Museum Preserves Alabama's Civil ... alabamawx.com Women's History Month: Theresa Burroughs' Greensboro Museum Preserves Alabama's Civil Rights History. March 27, 2020 @ 10:00 am • By Alabama ...

Alabama History & Culture News: March 25 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!

DON NOBLE: Must-read book has enlightening, disturbing moments Tuscaloosa News The heart of this book is the story of Walter McMillian of Monroe County, Alabama. In 1986, Stevenson, then in his late 20s, working at the Southern ...

Alabama bicentennial book spotlights black heritage

Washington Times

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's bicentennial is over, but a new book will highlight 200 years of African American history in the state. A coffee ...

Anna Huey's New Book 'A Choice' is a Gripping Tale of a Suspenseful Plot of Murder on a Cruise ... EconomyWatch.com Anna Huey is a prolific writer from Alabama with a passion for reading, writing, spending time with animals, and baking cakes and cupcakes. She has ...

Selma Online Offers Free Civil Rights Lessons Amid Virus The New York Times ... The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, ... so 500,000 children in 33 cities could see the historical drama for free.

Zora Neale Hurston's 'Barracoon' amplifies literary culture

The Philadelphia Tribune

Not even the town he helped found in Alabama — Africatown — which was renamed Plateau. An orator of the first order, Cudjo relayed the wisdom of his ...

Eufaula Pilgrimage canceled Dothan Eagle For the first time in its 55-year history, the Eufaula Pilgrimage, Alabama's oldest our of homes, has been canceled. The Eufaula Heritage Association ...

Documentary explores blues in West Alabama Tuscaloosa News Filmmakers set up in the historic county courthouse in Carrollton to do an interview for an upcoming documentary on Alabama's racial history and its ...

College Football Hall of Fame 'a long time coming' for EJ Junior WIAT - CBS42.com Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa has made a career of documenting the history of sports at the University of Alabama, namely football. However, one ...

New Facility to House Clotilda Artifacts in Africatown U.S. News & World Report The plan for the facility was announced Tuesday (March 10) by the Alabama Historical Commission, which said the History Museum of Mobile also will ...

Historic renovation bringing new life to downtown Foley Birmingham Business Journal A historic building renovation in a South Alabama town is being credited with potentially bringing new life to its Main Street. The Foley Bakery ...

FORGOTTEN ALABAMA: Capturing the past to benefit the future Troy Messenger And, what better place for Wills' photography show than the JCA, which is chiseled in the cornerstone of Troy's downtown history. Wills was right at home ...

Alabama History & Culture News: March 13 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!

Sawmill Days puts focus on rich North Baldwin history, traditions Gulf Coast News Today STOCKTON, Alabama — The Stockton Heritage Association is teaming up with the Baldwin County Department of Archives and History to host this ...

City of Alexander City sorts millions of pages of documents The Alexander City Outlook So far Bryan has sent requests to the Alabama Department of Archives and History to destroy 130 boxes of records. Of the records sorted since mid- ...

Historic hotel hopes to welcome visitors to Selma after refurbishment

Alabama Public Radio

For now, remembrances of Selma's Civil Rights past may be the big drawing card for visitors to this city along the Alabama River. Gamble said the ...

Group hopes to locate possible slave graves at LaGrange Cemetery

Times Daily

Lenz, president of the LaGrange Living History Association, said the University of North Alabama studied the cemetery and found three graves about ...

Robin Boylorn on the Legacy of Henry Harris

Alabama Public Radio

Wendell Hudson was the first African American scholarship athlete in The University of Alabama's history. Last month, he made history, again, ...

Alabama Power connects Auburn University students with city of Tallassee Alabama NewsCenter They discussed the history of Tallassee, issues facing the community and ... Tallassee is home to Alabama Power's historic Yates Dam and Thurlow ...

Johnson: Time to teach all our children the full breadth of Alabama's history, sordid as it may be al.com Taught them what happened. What really happened? What if we taught them the real, sometimes hard truths of history? Our state's history. All of it. Not ...

Elliott to be guest speaker for historical society Gadsden Times Her work has been utilized by the Library of Congress, the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Manassas National Battlefield Park and other ...

Birmingham author to speak to Historical Commission

Moulton Advertiser

“I don't think many people know that marble is the state rock of Alabama,” said Cook. Her book provides a comprehensive narrative on the history of ...

Andalusia City Officials Announce Major Purchase of Historical Buildings Alabama News Network (press release) Mayor Johnson says those public meetings will be held within the next few weeks. Everyone is invited to attend. Categories: News, South Alabama. Tags ...

Alabama to exhibit artifacts from last US slave ship KSL.com The Alabama Historical Commission, in a statement, said an exhibit named for the slave ship Clotilda is set to open this fall in Mobile, where the ...

Greta Lambert reprises role as 1959 librarian with integrity Montgomery Advertiser ... on everyone's minds, especially a certain state senator who wants to ban the children's book “The Rabbits' Wedding” from Alabama libraries. Why?

Young King and Young Queen Books by local author/mentor Justin Sims FOX10 News ... Queen Young Queen” that are creating buzz across the state of Alabama. Sims was inspired to write the children's books from his personal ... “Roughly 11% of book authors are African American in this country and less than 7% of ...

Author shares insights into book about Birmingham Black Barons baseball team Shelby County Reporter He also wrote high school football histories of Shelby County and Clarke County, as well as a history of the Alabama High School Athletic Association ...

Kaufmann to present 'Historic Tower Clocks and Bells of Alabama' lecture on March 25 Tuskegee University On Wednesday, March 25, Thomas Kaufmann, author of the book “Historic Alabama Bells,” will share the story of Alabama's historic tower clocks and ...

'Alabama Story' brings stories of censorship and love in 1959 Montgomery Montgomery Advertiser There are several stories within “Alabama Story,” one of which is “The Rabbits' Wedding," an actual children's book where two rabbits - one black and ...

Alabama to Exhibit Artifacts From Last US Slave Ship

The New York Times

The Alabama Historical Commission, in a statement, said an exhibit named for the slave ship Clotilda is set to open this fall in Mobile, where the ...

New book examines racial conflict in 1960s Birmingham Knoxville News Sentinel ... that plagued the black community in early 1960s Birmingham, Alabama — the site of as many as 50 bombings over the two decades following World ...

Charles Barkley is selling memorabilia to build affordable housing in his Alabama hometown

Washington Post

“If I could sell all that stuff, it would just be a really cool thing for me.” AD. In 2015, Barkley explained his history with the community, telling the ...

Students visit Legacy Museum Clanton Advertiser ... of the historical implications surrounding race, class and gender in Alabama through history,” instructor and Associate Dean Ashley Kitchens said.