Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these items are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!
Camden becomes a tourist draw
The Thomasville Times
And as all of you may know, Wilcox County is not new to discord. We are used to it. We are…comfortable with it one might say. The society is ...
historical
Local woman in line to undergo first uterine transplant in Alabama
NBC 15 WPMI
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile woman is making medical . Elizabeth Goldman is in line to be the first woman in to ...
historyAlabama
Marker in Opelika Memorializes Four Racial Terror LynchingsHistorical
Equal Justice Initiative
Between 1877 and 1950, white mobs lynched at least 361 African Americans in . At least five Black people were lynched in Lee County.
Alabama
Gallery features quilts, found materials sculptures
Shelby County Reporter
“ has the richest of self-taught artists in the union,” Barrett said. He explained that both of these artists, as well as others he has worked ...
Alabamahistory
New marker at Talladega College recognizes first NAACP chapterAlabama's
Alabama NewsCenter
According to Dr. Dorothy Autrey, a Talladega College alum and retired professor of and political science, Pickens distinguished himself as a ...
history
National Park Service Adds Edmonton Heights to National Register of PlacesHistoric
City of Huntsville Blog
... grant funding from the Commission (AHC) to conduct a historic resource survey of Edmonton Heights, which had been identified ...
Alabama Historical
Bachelor: What We Know About Madison Prewett's Upcoming Book
Screen Rant
The native shared the news of her new project with fans on Instagram and YouTube, including a teaser video with a brief synopsis of what fans ...
Alabama
The last lesbian bars struggle to survive, advocates say, putting landmarks of queer in dangerhistory
ABC News
When Herz, a lesbian club in Mobile, , opened in 2019, owner Rachel Smallman said she and her wife didn't have a place they could “go to ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Tours Returning in JulyHistory
U.S. News & World Report
On the University of campus, there were notorious, temporarily successful attempts to block integration, most notably Gov. Wallace's Stand in ...
Alabama
New art exhibit opens at Harrison Brothers Hardwarehistory
whnt.com
The art show is called Rooted in : Interpreting Folk Art Traditions, and it was unveiled during a ceremony held this morning at the ...
HistoryAlabama's
Civil Rights Trail Aims to Make History Easy to DigestBook
Alabama News Network
Civil Rights Trail Aims to Make History Easy to Digest. News Network Staff,. Posted: Jun 25, 2021 7:08 AM CDT. Updated: ...
BookAlabama
Selma's Brown Chapel breaks ground on $1.3 million restorationhistoric
Alabama NewsCenter
Community. Freedom Riders recall their fight for equal treatment. The event marked the 60th anniversary of the bus rides for racial equality.
Alabama
Rachel Ann Maples King
Times Daily
She spent years researching the of LaGrange College, the King Family, the Town of Leighton, , and Leighton United Methodist Church.
historyAlabama
Why you should visit Abbeville, at least onceAlabama
Alabama NewsCenter
Huggin' Molly's has an -fashioned soda fountain where you can order sweet treats like malts and ice cream floats. It has a menu filled with burgers, ...
old
ASU Instructor's New Based on True Experiences of TriumphBook
Alabama State University
ASU adjunct instructor and alumnae ('07) Deirdre Parker Jackson's new , “On Broken Pieces,” is an autobiographical journey that on broken ...
book
Kresge Library fundraiser features staged reading of ' Story'Alabama
News at OU
The play dramatizes a determined librarian who faces off with a segregationist senator over a children's in 1959 Montgomery, . The play ...
bookAlabama
marker for civil rights leader unveiled in CullodenHistorical
Monroe County Reporter
Robinson was arguably the force behind the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, . that made Rosa Parks a household name and helped launch the ...
Ala
The Barbecue Bucket ListAlabama
al.com
Lilly, who is widely regarded as one of the top pitmasters in America, has led the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Que team to a five grand championship ...
record
New book lists major Southern sites from the civil rights movement
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Sentell has spent the last three years visiting that and other sites that were important in the South's civil rights . Sentell, director of the ...
historyAlabama
Justin Thomas Named First-Ever Olympian in Men's Golf AlabamaHistory
rolltide.com
Former men's golfer Justin Thomas has been named one of 60 golfers who will compete for a Gold Medal at the 2021 Olympic Games held ...
Alabama