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:
MOMENT IN HISTORY: Alabama State Capitol
Alabama State Capitol. The Alabama State Capitol was located in Tuscaloosa from 1826 until 1847. The stone foundation of the capitol building was ...
On this day in Alabama history: NY Jets take down the Boston Patriots at Legion Field
It was the first major professional, regular-season football game played in Alabama. But hopes by local leaders that it might lead to something more ...
| Cricket Theatre hosts bicentennial event
The Collinsville Historical Association is sponsoring an Alabama Bicentennial Event on Sept. 23 at The Cricket Theatre on Main Street in historic ...
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| Waterloo prepares for thousands of bikers with annual Trail of Tears
They are remembering the place in north Alabama where Native Americans were ... The procession has been 25-miles long at times during its history.
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| On this day in Alabama history: Alberta City annexed into Tuscaloosa
It was the early 1900s when folks began settling in a heavily wooded area east of Tuscaloosa and the Huntsville Road (now University Boulevard) and ...
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| Birmingham author speaks to lunchtime crowd at library
... Arts Executive Director Elliott Knight, who will be on hand Oct. 3 to talk about the Alabama Creates “200 Years of Arts and Artists” coffee-table book.
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Downtown Birmingham shop is part book store, part museum
“This is a book store?” the new customer asks in surprise. “I was just looking at the doodads,” she's referring to all the collectible and cherished items ...
Sand Mountain Corn Maze celebrates Alabama's 200th anniversary
Although the logo won't be visible from inside the maze, Alabama's history still will play a crucial part. Throughout the maze, 10 checkpoints will be set ...
| On this day in Alabama history: Alabama Legislature ratified the 19th Amendment
The fight for the right for women to vote officially ended in 1920 when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. ...
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| Documentary delves into history of 'The Strip' at UA
Documentary delves into history of 'The Strip' at UA .... about the shifting face and history of the commercial strip adjacent to the University of Alabama, ...
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Making history: Collier Neeley following in his grandmother Mary Ann Neeley's footsteps
And this week, he took over as interim executive director of the Landmarks Foundation, the nonprofit preservation group based in Old Alabama Town.
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| Five historic Alabama civil rights churches get National Parks grants
Five churches that played important roles in the civil rights movement have received major grants from the National Parks Service totaling about $3.4 ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Author William March was born
William Edward Campbell was one of 11 children. His father was the orphaned son of a Confederate soldier who worked as an itinerant laborer.
| Rep. Terri Sewell Announces Nearly $3.4 Million to Preserve African American Civil Rights Sites
“I have always believed that the extraordinary history of Alabama's 7th ... history of African Americans' struggle for civil rights in the state of Alabama ...
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Several Pelham library events planned for October
Books will be available for purchase. ... takes you on a ghostly tour of the county through stories from her book, Haunted Shelby County, Alabama.
| Wiregrass Archives co-sponsoring historian's Dothan speech
Bailey's program, based on his book titled “They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999,” is part of the Draughon Seminars in ...
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| Lawmakers vow to preserve historic tribal cemetery in path of border wall plans
Fifty to 150 graves are located at the historic Eli Jackson Cemetery, which is in such a remote .... children, fled from Alabama to the banks of the Rio Grande because they were being persecuted under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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Remains of Bessemer man killed during Pearl Harbor attack returning to Alabama
BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — Decades after being killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of a Bessemer man have finally been ...
| School of Optometry celebrates 50 years of improving vision
The only optometry program in the state of Alabama, UABSO's rich history and commitment to serving the state's patients have helped cement the ...
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| 'My Alabama'
Alabama continues to celebrate its bicentennial year, and one of the more common manners of marking the occasion is the publication of several ...
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| 3 Selma historical sites to receive more than $1.8M
“I have always believed that the extraordinary history of Alabama Seventh District can drive economic revitalizations and promote its heritage tourism ...
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| Alabama's bright side of history
The cast of Alabama Speaks at the Huntsville library Monday, Sept. 16. Actors portrayed: Tallulah Bankhead (Emily Watson); Congressman Carl Elliot ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: NASA unveiled space shuttle Enterprise
It was named after the Starship Enterprise, from the famed TV show “Star Trek.” Indeed, much of the cast of the show and its creator, Gene Rodenberry, ...
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