For a number of years I've been posting links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles in the "alabamahistory" group at Yahoo!Groups. Most of the articles are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio websites. You can subscribe to the emails there if you wish; I send out two or three a week along with relevant meeting announcements and so forth.
Here's the latest batch:
| Local historian passes at age 93
Leila Nell Brown was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Buren J. Brown and Leila Williams Brown on Sept. 23, 1925. She was the second of four ...
|
| Travel to Muscle Shoals for Some Smooth Southern Soul
The Shoals is a collective name for four Alabama towns that have their own rich ... For a deeper dive into Handy's history, you can visit his birthplace in ...
|
| On this day in Alabama history: Charles Owens was born
Charles Owens, also known as “Charlie,” was a professional tennis player born on this day in Tuscaloosa. He won the Orange Bowl Tennis ...
|
| 'A Hard Rain' book talk
Gaillard, writer in residence at the University of South Alabama, has written extensively on Southern race relations, politics, and culture. He is former ...
|
Selma native releases non-fiction religious book
Selma native Desmicia Calhoun announced the release of her first book, “Not ... serves as an Army National Guard Guidance Counselor in Alabama.
| Foley's Spangrud will sign copies “Miss Ella and the Turtle People” Aug. 3 at Groovy Goat in OWA
A portion of the sales from profit of this book will be donated to the Alabama Coastal Foundation (joinACF.org) to support Alabama's Sea Turtle ...
|
| Longtime Tuscaloosa mayor Al DuPont dead at 94
He will be buried at Evergreen Cemetery, where his wife Margaret was buried in 2010. DuPont remained active well into his 90s, frequently visiting ...
|
| 'Looking For Alaska': 4 Things to Know About the Hulu Series Based on the Bestselling Book
One of his most celebrated books beyond his The Fault in Our Stars is Looking ... Latter was his debut novel, despite the former book being adapted into a ... teenage romance, based loosely on the author's own life living in Alabama.
|
| On this day in Alabama history: Willie McCovey made Major League debut
Willie Lee McCovey, born in Mobile, was a Major League Baseball player with phenomenal hitting power. The San Francisco Giants mainstay was ...
|
| Two West Alabama houses make 'Places in Peril' list
The two West Alabama sites, one in Hale County and one in Sumter County, are on this year's “Places in Peril” list released by the Alabama Historical ...
|
| On this day in Alabama history: Decatur branch of Alabama State Bank opened
The Old State Bank is a historic landmark in Decatur. It is believed to be Alabama's oldest surviving bank building. The bank opened for business on ...
|
| On this day in Alabama history: NFL star DeMeco Ryans was born
Former NFL linebacker DeMeco Ryans was born in Bessemer on this day in 1984. He was a standout high school football player at Jess Lanier High ...
|
| Professors, student activists encourage rethinking of University history
Capstone Men and Women (CMW) are the official ambassadors of the University of Alabama, and they spend hours each year memorizing information ...
|
| Preservationists in Alabama trying to save Jazz Age home
The Alabama Historical Commission has added the 1921 home to its "Places in Peril" list for 2019. The structure is known by many as the "Pink ...
["Pink House" in Homewood]
|
Alabama Historical Commission announces grant program
The Alabama Historical Commission recently opened its 2020 Grant Program with funds appropriated by the Alabama Legislature. Historic sites ...
| New Orleans chef returns to Alabama's oldest restaurant
Robey's history with the Bright Star and the Koikos brothers, though, goes back to his early days at New Orleans' historic Commander's Palace ...
|
| Alabama seeks to preserve 'last slave ship' wreckage
The Alabama Historical Commission filed the claim in federal court in Mobile for the Clotilda, which was discovered earlier this year. The commission ...
|
| On this day in Alabama history: NFL star DeMeco Ryans was born
He was a standout high school football player at Jess Lanier High and an All-American at the University of Alabama. Ryans was chosen with the first ...
|
