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!
| On this day in Alabama history: Alabama became the 22nd US state
On this day in Alabama history: Alabama became the 22nd U.S. state ... the Alabama Bicentennial Festival, featuring live music, historical re-enactors, ...
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'My roots are still here': Montgomery's own Eddie Floyd in lineup for Alabama bicentennial finale
Alabama's 200th birthday is bringing a reunion in his heart. ... part of commemorating the history of Montgomery, and the state of Alabama,” Hall said.
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| On this day in Alabama history: Jefferson County was founded
On this day in Alabama history: Jefferson County was founded ... by the Alabama Legislature on this day in 1819, the day before Alabama became the ...
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| George Wallace's daughter finds healing in new memoir “The Broken Road”
George Wallace, stand in front of the doors of a University of Alabama ... of this book, because while there he saw the infamous picture of your father .
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Review: "Tell Me A Story: My Life With Pat Conroy"
The couple met at a book event—Cassandra a fledgling Alabama writer with a book about to be published, in awe of actually meeting the great Pat ...
Florala Head Start celebrates Alabama's 200th birthday
The book is written by Charles Ghigna in celebration of Alabama's 200th Birthday. The book is written for younger children. The hardcover book is $15.
Byler historian to visit Lawrence County Public Library for book signing Wednesday
Byler Road was the first roadway authorized by Alabama after it attained statehood in Dec. 1819. The privately-funded road came through Lawrence ...
| How you can see 'Hell on the Border,' a Western filmed in Alabama
“Hell on the Border,” a movie about the Old West that was filmed in Alabama, opens on Friday in select theaters around the country. In the Birmingham ...
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| Friends of the Archives has history for sale
“Holding the Fort: A History of Trinity School in Athens, Alabama 1865-1970,” by Charlotte S. Fulton. This hardbound book, which is fully indexed, ...
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| Here's the full list of what was in the 1969 Montgomery time capsule
A History of Montgomery in Pictures, 1962. Alabama Academy of Honor, 1969 induction program. Alabama Historical Quarterly, Fall and Winter 1941.
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Alabama Legacy Moment: Lafayette's visit
Alabama Public Television is producing a series of videos titled “Alabama Legacy Moments” that offer a quick history of the people, places and stories ...
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Slavery hard to teach in 'Cotton State' of Alabama, elementary educators say
With help from the Alabama Department of Archives and History, the teachers were made aware of what resources are available to them and how to ...
On this day in Alabama history: William Stanley Hoole died
William Stanley Hoole was born in 1903 in Darlington, South Carolina, and earned a doctorate in English from Duke University in 1934. He briefly ...
On this day in Alabama history: One Concord Center project announced
The One Concord Center project in downtown Birmingham was announced on this day in 1999. The 11-story, 150,000-square-foot office building was ...
Alabama bicentennial: Five inventors who changed the world
Alabama bicentennial: Five inventors who changed the world ..... As a child in Huntsville, Wales' mother bought him a set of World Book Encyclopedia.
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| Daughter of George Wallace writes memoir on life with Alabama governor
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — A new book is out now from the daughter of one of Alabama's most famous and controversial politicians.
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| Robert McCammon's 'Swan Song' makes PBS' 'Great American Read' list of 100 beloved books
Robert McCammon is the only living Alabama author to have a book named to PBS' “The Great American Read” list of 100 beloved books. (Harper ...
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WSFA film reel found in Montgomery time capsule now digitized
“We worked closely with the Alabama Department of Archives and History as well as Dan Black Studios to get the film digitized in just four working ...
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Remember these unforgettable times Alabama lost its mind over snow
Luckily, Tuesday night's forecast doesn't predict Snowpocalypse 2014-level snow, but let's remember several historic Alabama winter storms.
| On this day in Alabama history: Town of Heflin incorporated
The town of Heflin was incorporated on this day in 1886 and has a mayor-council form of government. Nestled between the southern range of the ...
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| A step back in time at Belle Mont Mansion's Plantation Christmas
The mansion is owned by the Alabama Historical Commission and is among only five state-owned historic homes. It is operated by the Colbert County ...
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Alabama's 'white gold' draws worldwide interest
“They asked me to put together a brochure about the history of the marble,” Cook said. “It was overwhelmingly successful, so the next year they asked ...
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| Schedule of events for Alabama's bicentennial celebration in Montgomery
The Saturday celebration begins at 10 AM with a parade of Alabama people, places and history. From Court Square Fountain, a cavalcade of ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Ben Erdreich was born
Ben Leader Erdreich, born in Birmingham on this day in 1938, represented Alabama's Sixth Congressional District in the U.S. House of ...
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Meet Blaze. The UAB baby robin that just made Alabama natural history. (Update and photos)
American Robins Nest discovered in November 2019, the latest confirmed date in Alabama history. Photo by Greg Harber for Bham Now. Over the ...
| BAMA BOOK: Author details 100 must-see attractions
How many Alabama attractions have you visited in your lifetime? If your list isn't that long, a new book can provide a roadmap of things to do.
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Alabama-built USS Mobile christened in its namesake city — 'Best that America has to offer'
From building the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine ever to sink a ship, in 1863 to Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Company's historic work from ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Thomas Martin died
Former Alabama Power Company president Thomas Martin died Dec. 8, 1964, after decades of making the state a better place. Born in Scottsboro in ...
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| That Old-Time Religion: Heyday of the rural church slips away as country church got swallowed by ...
A large cemetery stretches from the front of the church down the hill to the ... They claim to have had the first rural Vacation Bible School in Alabama.
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