Alabama Yesterdays

Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Friday, December 28, 2018

Walker Evans Photographs an Alabama Cemetery in 1936

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Walker Evans [1903-1975] is one of the best known American documentary photographers of the 20th century. He made three brief trips to Alab...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

John Coltrane's "Alabama"

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On September 15, 1963, one of the most infamous events of modern American history took place in Birmingham, Alabama. Four members of the Ku ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Birmingham Photo of the Day (67): Agnes Moorehead

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As I often do, I was roaming around at the Alabama Mosaic site recently and came across this photograph of actress Agnes Moorehead . The on...
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Friday, December 7, 2018

Hale Infirmary: An Early Alabama Hospital for Blacks

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In 1890 Hale Infirmary opened in Montgomery as one of the state's earliest hospitals for blacks. The facility was largely the work of on...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

A Visit to Demopolis

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In March 2018 Dianne and I went to New Orleans to visit our son. On the way back to Pelham we took a detour and spent the night in Demopolis...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Alabama Once Played 3 Football Games in a Day

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Well, sort of. Let's investigate. In 1931 the Alabama football team played its first season under new coach Frank Thomas and d...
Monday, November 26, 2018

Alabama at the Louisiana Book Festival

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On a recent Thursday Dianne and I headed to Baton Rouge to meet up with our son Amos and attend the fifteenth annual  Louisiana Book Festiva...
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