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:
| Master photographer John Dersham will present program at Comer Library on Wednesday
Using images from his first published book, “My Alabama: John Dersham Photographs a State,” the master photographer will be at the Comer Library ...
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| Jackson's latest book follows Stallings, Bryant's relationship forged at Texas A&M
Jackson's book begins in the early years of the lives of both coaches and ... Alabama entered the game at 8-1-1, but A&M quarterback Edd Hargett ...
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On this day in Alabama history: Avondale Zoo's show-stopper elephant was born
Miss Fancy, a gentle Indian elephant and the star of Birmingham's first public zoo, was born Oct. 12, 1871. From 1913 to 1934, the Avondale Zoo was ...
| Cemetery stroll turns back the clock on Jacksonville history
Cemetery stroll turns back the clock on Jacksonville history ... of Northeast Alabama will rise from their graves to tell their stories at the city's cemetery.
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On this day in Alabama history: George McMillan was born
George McMillan Jr. was born on Oct. 11, 1943, in Greenville, Butler County. He is a well-known attorney, former politician and owner and president of ...
| Bobby Tomberlin, Hilary Williams to open 'Audrey Sheppard Williams Story' on Saturday
Tomberlin said he is excited be a part of the Brundidge Historical Society's Alabama bicentennial event and to have the opportunity to hear Hydock's ...
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| State recognizes Atmore historic district
The Alabama Historical Commission recently approved a map designating a portion of the city of Atmore as a commercial historic district. The location ...
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Alabama Man, Tim Ragland, Makes Double History as Youngest and First Black Mayor of ...
In what resulted in a history-making runoff election, residents of Talladega, Alabama, elected the city's first Black mayor on Tuesday. Timothy Ragland ...
| 93-year-old WWII vet tours USS Alabama while reliving history
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — It's been more than 70 years since Ron Vogel of Souix Fall, South Dakota has scampered down the stairs of a U.S. battleship.
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| On this day in Alabama history: Electric car service is born in Birmingham
The Birmingham Railway and Electric Co. was incorporated on May 5, 1890, as a consolidation of the Birmingham Union Street Railway Co. and the ...
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| On this day in Alabama history: Birmingham Botanical Gardens received Friendship Bell
The Osaka Central Rotary Club of Japan donated a Friendship Bell to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on this day in 2005. Donated as part of the ...
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| After 200 years, Montgomery, Alabama, has elected its first black mayor
Montgomery, the majority-black state capital of Alabama, made history this week by electing its first black mayor. On Tuesday evening, 67 percent of ...
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| Gravlee to speak at LC Historical on cemeteries
Gene Gravlee, former vice president of the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance, will speak at the Lawrence County Historical Commission ...
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Popular historical drama to be presented in restored Tallassee theatre
In 2014, several hundred Muscogee Creek tribe members from Oklahoma visited east central Alabama to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the ...
“Unfolding UAB: 50 Years of Photography from the UAB Archives” at UAB's AEIVA, from Oct. 21 ...
Photographs that present an unforgettably rich visual history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham will be on display Oct. 21-Dec. 14, at UAB's ...
Special moments as WWII Veteran visits USS Alabama
A World War II veteran toured the USS Alabama today. ... At 93-years-old, Ron Vogle navigates the steep stairs and close quarters of the battleship ...
Alabama A&M Athletics Hall of Fame announces 2019 Class
The Alabama A&M Athletics Hall of Fame has announced its 2019 class of inductees. Eight new members are entering the Hall of Fame. The 2019 ...
| The University must acknowledge its history of racism
I'm detailing this brief history to make a point: the University of Alabama was built on a foundation of anti-blackness. Recently, the University has made ...
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| Alabama capital elects first black mayor in its 200-year history
Alabama's capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first African ...
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| Owner of Backyard Juke Joint Gip's Place Dies
For years, he owned the Pine Hill Cemetery in McCalla. Like his love for late-night dancing and the music of Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, ...
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Sierra Club hosts author speaking about Alabama rivers
The co-founder of Alabama Water Watch and author of a new book about Alabama rivers will be the guest speaker Thursday at the Sierra Club ...
| On this day in Alabama history: Auburn Women's Club finds a home
The Auburn Women's Club clubhouse is an antebellum home in Auburn, used by the Women's Club of Auburn University as their clubhouse.
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| On this day in Alabama history: The Atheneum school opened in Birmingham
The East Lake Atheneum was a private girls' school chartered in 1890, built on a hillside and labeled the “Atheneum Eminence.” The school was ...
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| Spann book signing at Demopolis Public Library (photo gallery)
ABC 33/40 Chief Meteorologist James Spann made a stop at the Demopolis Public Library for a book signing on Saturday, Oct. 5. Spann was in town ...
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| DON NOBLE: Key tells of childhood growing up in Point Clear
This book, “Bay Boy,” is another collection of nonfiction pieces, but Key ... he was a boy, growing up, especially in summers, in Point Clear, Alabama.
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