Last year I wrote a blog post on a slave named Harry Talbird who saved several Howard College students during a fire in Marion in 1854 and ...

On March 14, 1916, the U.S. Army began a little adventure down Mexico way. The impetus was the invasion of Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9...

  Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these items are from newspapers, with...

One of Alabama's most famous sports figures is boxer Joe Louis , whose career ran from 1934 until 1951. Considered one of the all-time g...

Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these items are from newspapers, with o...