Alabama History Podcasts

Air Date: March 2, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ychsuj82 Catherine King of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and Alan Samry, a Fairhope librarian and local historian, present the unusual history of Fairhope, Alabama, and descriptions of historic sites on tours that are part of the April 11-13, 2026, meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Alabama Historical Association https://www.alabamahistory.net/ City of Fairhope https://www.fairhopeal.gov/ Fairhope (EOA) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fairhope/ Fairhope Single Tax Corporation https://www.fairhopesingletax.com/ Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Online Archives https://fairhopesingletax.pastperfectonline.com/ Coastal Alabama Community College (Fairhope Campus) https://www.coastalalabama.edu/about/locations/fairhope/ [Earnest B.] Gaston https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/ernest-berry-gaston/ Henry George https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George Progress and Poverty https://archive.org/details/progresspoverty0000henr_m1z4/page/n5/mode/2up School of Organic Education (Bell Building) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marietta-johnson-school-of-organic-education/ Marietta Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Johnson Marie Howland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Howland Douglasville High School Heritage Museum https://cityofbayminetteal.gov/recreation/douglasville-school-of-arts-and-recreation Daphne History Museum https://www.daphneal.com/452/Daphne-History-Museum Baldwin County Training School https://historicbaldwincountytrainingschool.com/ Fairhope Castles https://fairhopecastle.com/ Dean Mosher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Mosher Frank Stewart https://sites.rootsweb.com/~alcsilve/stewart.html Fairhope Hotel and the Summit Street Inn https://mobilebaymag.com/the-restoration-of-a-historic-fairhope-hotel/ Fairhope Quaker Meeting House https://www.fairhopefriends.org/partners Roundhouse / Hermit Hut / Tolstoy Park https://tolstoypark.com/ Sonny Brewer https://www.scenic98coastal.com/posts/sonny-brewer-and-tolstoy-park The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: February 2, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/bdds6mak Burgin Matthews, founder and director of the Southern Music Research Center Digital Archives, talks about the Center, which received the Jeff Jakeman Digital History Award, Small Project category, from the Alabama Historical Association in April 2025. He also chats about his other projects: The Lady Muleskinner Press, his website burginmathews.com, The Lost Child Radio Program, and his two books, Doc: The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man and Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA Jeff Jakeman Digital History Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/digital-history-award Southern Music Research Center: https://www.southernmusicresearch.org/ Burgin Mathews website: https://burginmathews.com/ Doc: The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817359591/doc/ Dr. Frank Adams (Doc Adams): https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Frank_Adams Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469676883/magic-city/ The Lost Child Radio Show: https://www.facebook.com/lostchildradio Birmingham Mountain Radio: https://bhammountainradio.com/ WBHM: https://wbhm.org/ Alabama Hip Hop 101: https://southernmusicresearch.org/collections/show/56 Alabama Humanities Alliance: https://alabamahumanities.org/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: January 5, 2026 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3mzc5fbn Dr. Tina Naremore Jones, Executive Director of the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area (and Provost of the University of West Alabama), discusses the founding, history, and mission of the 19-county ABBNHA. The ABBNHA pursues four themes: Natural Resources and Early History Sites; Innovation in Education Sites; Modern Civil Rights Movement; and Artistic Expression / Folkways. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/ National Heritage Area Program: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm University of West Alabama: https://www.uwa.edu/ ABBNHA History & Heritage Overview: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/heritage ABBNHA Attractions & Destinations: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/destinations ABBNHA Sights & Sounds: https://www.alblackbeltheritage.com/sights-sounds Center for the study of the Black Belt (UWA): https://www.uwa.edu/university-departments/center-for-the-study-of-the-black-belt/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: December 1, 2025 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/6t9d8yhs Clayton Davis, Historic Resources Manager at the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, discusses the National Heritage Area program, the history of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, and the three heritage themes that Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area emphasizes. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area: https://msnha.una.edu/ National Heritage Area Program: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm University of North Alabama: https://una.edu/ Shoals Storytelling Festival: https://www.shoalsstorytelling.com/ City of Florence: https://florenceal.org/ MSNHA “Stories” Heading: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/ MSNHA River Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/river-heritage/ MSNHA Native Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/native-american-heritage/ MSNHA Music Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/music-heritage/ Florence Mound Museum: https://www.florencealmuseums.com/home/indianmoundmuseum Cane Creek Canyon: https://msnha.una.edu/sites-attractions/cane-creek-canyon-nature-preserve/ TVA: https://www.tva.com/ National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/2287/index.htm National Register of Historic Places: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm Fort Henderson: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-henderson-historic-site/ United States Colored Troops: https://www.thenmusa.org/articles/united-states-colored-troops-in-the-american-civil-war/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: November 3, 2025 Dr. John Giggie, associate professor of history and director of the Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama discusses his 2024 book, Bloody Tuesday, The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa that received the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Clinton, Jackson and Evelyn Coley Book Award. In addition to the book and the Civil Rights Movement events it covers, Giggie talks about “shared authority” in doing first person and community scholarship. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3uxwr7t3 Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA’s Clinton Jackson and Evelyn Coley Book Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/coley-book-award Dr. John Giggie: https://history.ua.edu/people/john-m-giggie/ Bloody Tuesday, The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bloody-tuesday-9780197766668?cc=us&lang=en& Tuscaloosa, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa/ First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa: http://www.firstafricanchurch.org/discover/our-history.html Reverend T.Y. Rogers: https://tavm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/african-american-history/item/50 SCLC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference Bloody Tuesday, June 4, 1964: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa-campaign-and-bloody-tuesday/ Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bloody-sunday/ James Bevel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bevel Robert (Bobby) Shelton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shelton_(Ku_Klux_Klan) Ku Klux Klan: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/ku-klux-klan-in-contemporary-alabama/ Joe Mallisham: https://tavm.omeka.net/items/show/1102 Tuscaloosa Bus Boycott, 1964: https://civilrightstuscaloosa.org/trail/stop-7/ Charles Steele: https://tavm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/african-american-history/item/736 Reverend TW Linton: https://cbn.com/article/not-selected/thomas-linton-living-saint-civil-rights-history-0 Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Trail: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa-civil-rights-trail/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: October 6, 2025 Dr. Virginia Cain, 2023 graduate of the University of Alabama, discusses her article, “Red Mountain Ladies, How Prostitution Shaped Birmingham, Alabama, from 1871 to 1920,” published in the Alabama Review, April 2023 that won the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Milo Howard Award for best article in the Alabama Review in the previous two years. Dr. Cain also discusses a companion article she published in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly about a Nashville madam, and her dissertation, “We Built These Cities on Rocks and Hos,” that compare late 19th century prostitution in Birmingham and Nashville. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yhfyt58t Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA’s Milo B. Howard Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/milo-b-howard-award Alabama Review: https://www.alabamahistory.net/the-alabama-review Birmingham, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/birmingham/ Birmingham Public Library Archives: https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/ Louise Wooster: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Louise_Wooster Nashville, TN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nashville,_Tennessee Tennessee Historical Quarterly: https://tennesseehistory.org/publications/tennessee-historical-quarterly/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: September 15, 2025 Dr. Pete Sparks, president of the Guntersville Historical Society, discusses the Alabama Historical Association Fall Pilgrimage in October 2025. He examines four highlights of Guntersville history, describes the sites on the pre-pilgrimage tours, and talks about the local buildings on the pilgrimage tour proper. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/254zxwpd Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Guntersville Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ AHP Episode 71 (SoundCloud link): https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-071 Guntersville, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville/ Marshall County, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marshall-county/ Andrew Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson Treaty of New Echota, 1835: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota Trail of Tears: https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/index.htm Lake Guntersville State Park: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lake-guntersville-state-park/ Guntersville Dam and Lake: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-dam-and-lake/ Guntersville Museum: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-museum-cultural-center/ Cathedral Caverns State Park: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/cathedral-caverns-state-park/ Kate Duncan Smith DAR School: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/kate-duncan-smith-dar-school/ Midnight Cry: A Shooting on Sand Mountain: https://www.ugapress.org/9781588385338/midnight-cry/ Dr. Lesa Carnes Shaul: https://www.uwa.edu/news/uwa-professor-pens-true-crime-thriller-about-1950s-shooting-on-sand-mountain/ Col. Montgomery Gilbreath House: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=235551 Henry House: https://www.henryhouse1893.com/story First Presbyterian Church: https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-presbyterian-church-guntersville/b48dc844-3322-419a-a5e1-1b5925fb66cc First United Methodist Church: https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-methodist-church-of-guntersville/527e03cf-412a-42f0-a69a-28cf66dc9920 John Allan Wyeth: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-allan-wyeth/ Old Rock School: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rock_School_(Guntersville,_Alabama) Old Post Office and DeSoto Mural: http://wpamurals.org/guntersv.htm Guntersville Railroad Depot: https://gvdepot.org/history/ The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: August 4, 2025 Donna Castellano, Executive Director of the Historic Huntsville Foundation, discusses the programs that the HHF has pursued. She discusses the Harrison Brothers Hardware store (HHF headquarters), the eleven National Historic Register nominations the HHF has made and the research projects into women’s and Black history that ensued from them, HHF walking tours, pop-up museum installations, funding, and the future of the HHF. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4ap4c36y Links mentioned in the episode -- Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA James Ray Kuykendall Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/james-ray-kuykendall-award Historic Huntsville Foundation: https://www.historichuntsville.org/ Harrison Brothers Hardware: https://harrisonbrothershardware.com/ National Register of Historic Places: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm Old Town Historic District: https://oldtownhuntsville.org/ Twickenham Historic District (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/twickenham-historic-district/ Alice Boarman Baldridge: https://www.historichuntsville.org/alice-boarman-baldridge/ Six Black Women Voters: https://www.historichuntsville.org/black-suffragists/ Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/ Cornerstones of Freedom walking tour: https://huntsvillebusinessjournal.com/news/2025/05/30/cornerstones-of-history-walking-through-huntsvilles-black-business-legacy/ Footsteps to Statehood walking tour: https://www.historichuntsville.org/events/footsteps-to-statehood-a-walking-tour-through-history/ Daniel Brandon: https://cityblog.huntsvilleal.gov/brick-by-brick-constructing-the-history-of-henderson-and-daniel-brandon/ Justice for the Johnsons exhibit: https://www.historichuntsville.org/justice-for-the-johnsons/ Road to Lydia Drive exhibition: https://www.waaytv.com/news/lydia-drive-to-become-huntsvilles-first-historic-civil-rights-district/article_b3d1ca36-b10a-11ee-bad2-e3ebcceee6fb.html Heinz Hilten (Collection at UAH): http://libarchstor.uah.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/29 Werner von Braun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air date: July 7, 2025 Alabama Historical Association president for 2025-2026, Dr. Matthew Downs, discusses the AHA’s program for the upcoming year. He describes the October 24-25, 2025 Fall Pilgrimage in Guntersville and the April 9-11, 2026 annual meeting in Fairhope. Downs also talks about the importance of the Alabama Review that he edits and two AHA projects – the Speakers Bureau and the AHA Digitally Enhanced Marker map. Transcript here: https://tinyurl.com/mw79d3ms Links mentioned in the episode Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Review: https://www.alabamahistory.net/the-alabama-review Downs’s book Transforming the South: https://lsupress.org/9780807157145/transforming-the-south/ Alabama History Podcast Episode 15 (Downs on Transforming the South): https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-015 Guntersville Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ Alabama History Podcast Episode 71 (Guntersville Historical Society): https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-071 Lisa Shaul’s book Midnight Cry: https://ugapress.org/book/9781588385338/midnight-cry/ Fairhope, AL: https://www.fairhopeal.gov/ Coastal Alabama Community College Fairhope Campus: https://www.coastalalabama.edu/about/locations/fairhope/ Explore the Eastern Shore: https://www.exploreeasternshore.com/ AHA Speakers Bureau: https://www.alabamahistory.net/speakersbureau AHA Digitally Enhanced Marker Project: https://www.alabamahistory.net/historical-markers-index Alabama Heritage Magazine: https://www.alabamaheritage.com/ Encyclopedia of Alabama: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/ Alabama Men’s Hall of Fame: https://www.samford.edu/alabama-mens-hall-of-fame/Default Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame: https://awhf.org/ The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: June 2, 2025 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/fk7hby52 Dr. David Chase Stephens (AU ’24), winner of the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins Award for the best dissertation in Alabama History, discusses his dissertation entitled “To Obstruct and Resist: Paradise v. Allen, Integration Efforts, and the Alabama State Troopers” (Dec. 2024). Stephens examines the strum und drang of integrating the Alabama State Troopers by hiring and promoting Black and women officers. He examines the four major lawsuits at the heart of these efforts as well as resistance to integration that Gov. Guy Hunt dropped in the mid-1980s. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins Dissertation Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/wiggins-dissertation-award Stephens, “To Obstruct and Resist: Paradise v. Allen, Integration Efforts, and the Alabama State Troopers”: https://etd.auburn.edu/handle/10415/9481 Paradise v. Allen / NAACP v. Allen: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/paradise-v-allen/ Alabama Department of Public Safety: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/alabama-law-enforcement-agency/ US v. Frazer (1970): https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/317/1079/1415562/ Mieth v. Dothard (1976): https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/418/1169/1602972/ Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/433/321/ Gov. George Wallace: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/george-c-wallace-1963-67-1971-79-1983-87/ Gov. Fob James: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/forrest-fob-james-jr-1979-83-1995-99/ Gov. Guy Hunt: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guy-hunt-1987-93/ Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jefferson-cowie/freedom%E2%80%99s-dominion-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize/9781541672819/?lens=basic-books Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. If you enjoyed this edition of the Alabama History Podcast, don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Theo Moore, founder and executive director of Hiztorical Vision Productions, discusses receiving the 2025 Jakeman Award for Digital History (large project category) from the Alabama Historical Association. He talks about his past, current, and future films; his motivations for founding Hiztorical Vision Productions; and his plans for the future – including creating a studio, museum, and event space. Transcript at this link: https://tinyurl.com/vpfz6ece Links to things mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Hiztorical Vision Productions: https://hiztoricalvp.org/ Crown: the County of Lowndes (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD6cQejngU4&t=1s Hobson City: From Peril to Promise (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUHSHlieT0&t=4s Afrikan by way of American (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRfhA2DzuJg&t=9s Remembering John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcjOu0y84Jg Georgia Documentary Film Festival: https://filmfreeway.com/GeorgiaDocumentaryFilmFestival Lanett Film Festival: https://filmfreeway.com/LanettCityFilmFestival Southern Film Festival: https://filmfreeway.com/SouthernFilmFestival Heritage House (Africatown museum): https://clotilda.com/ Tuskegee Institute Advancement League (TIAL): https://snccdigital.org/location/tuskegee-al/ Dr. Gwendolyn Patton: https://snccdigital.org/people/gwen-patton/ Sammy Younge, Jr.: https://snccdigital.org/events/murder-of-sammy-younge-snccs-statement-on-vietnam/ Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. If you enjoyed this edition of the Alabama History Podcast, don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Bert Harris, former president of the East Alabama Museum and the Genealogical Society of East Alabama, plus Jayson and Laura Hill, discuss Opelika’s history, tour sites, and other amenities the AHA will enjoy for its April 2025 annual meeting. Transcript of episode: https://tinyurl.com/5a26sz5r Links to items mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ ; Opelika, AL: https://www.opelika-al.gov/ ; Museum of East Alabama: https://eastalabama.org/ ; Treaty of Cusseta, 1832: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/treaty-of-cusseta-1832/ ; Creek Removal: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/creek-indian-removal/ ; Montgomery and West Point Railroad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_and_West_Point_Railroad ; Rousseau’s Raid: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/rousseaus-raid/ ; Textile mills: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/textile-industry-in-alabama/ ; Norma Rae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Rae ; John Herbert Orr: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-herbert-orr/ ; Yoholo Micco: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/opothle-yoholo/ ; Booker T. Washington: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/booker-t-washington/ ; Booker T. Whatley, How to Make $100,000 Farming 25 Acres: https://archive.org/details/bookertwhatleysh0000what ; Spring Villa (the Penn Yonge House): https://www.opelika-al.gov/321/Spring-Villa-History ; Salem-Shotwell Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem-Shotwell_Covered_Bridge ; Darden House (John Wesley Darden): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/darden-house-in-opelika/ ; Heritage House: https://heritagehouse1913.com/about/ ; Brownfield House: https://auburnopelikaalrealestate.com/brownfield-house-in-opelika-al/ ; John Emerald Distilling Company: https://johnemeralddistilling.com/about/ ; Winston Smith T Hardware and Building Supply: https://www.smithtbuildingsupply.com/ ; Opelika Sportsplex: https://www.opelika-al.gov/391/Opelika-Sportsplex-Aquatics-Center ; Beans Mill: https://stephanielane2012.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/beans-mill/

Episode 81 – Dan Puckett discusses the Alabama Holocaust Commission Air Date: January 7, 2025 Dan Puckett, chair of the Alabama Holocaust Commission, discusses the Commission’s history, mission, program of work, and future. He also talks about adding Holocaust studies to Alabama’s 2024 Social Studies Standards for K-12 education, the purposes of Holocaust education, and his 2014 book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press). Dr. Puckett is a professor of history at Troy University. Transcript here (caveat – possibly not 100 % accurate): https://tinyurl.com/mur9ap82 Links mentioned in this episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Holocaust Commission: https://alabamaholocaustcommission.org/ Alabama Department of Archives and History: https://archives.alabama.gov/ Yom HaShoah (via Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education: https://www.gcholocaustcenter.org/ Alabama Holocaust Education Center: https://ahecinfo.org/ Alabama State Department of Education Social Studies Standards (available after ca. mid-January 2025): https://www.alabamaachieves.org/acad-stand/ Birmingham Public Library Department of Archives and Manuscripts: http://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/ (Book) In the Shadow of Hitler: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817381073/in-the-shadow-of-hitler/

Dr. Hayden McDaniel, Education Curator at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, discusses the Alabama History Institutes, annual professional development workshops for K-12 teachers. Links discussed in the episode: Alabama History Institute: https://archives.alabama.gov/teach-learn/professional-development/alabama-history-institutes.aspx / Alabama Department of Archives and History: https://archives.alabama.gov/ / Alabama Holocaust Education Center: https://ahecinfo.org/ / Temple Beth-el: https://www.templebeth-el.net/ / Rosenwald Schools (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/rosenwald-schools-in-alabama/ / Booker T. Washington, “How to Build Up a Good School in the South”: https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/id/4569/ / Jesse Owens Museum: http://jesseowensmemorialpark.com/wordpress1/museum-3/ / Alabama History Hub: http://www.archives.state.al.us/AlabamaHistoryHub.aspx / AHI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALHistoryEdu/ / AHI on X (Twitter): https://x.com/alhistoryedu / AHI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alhistoryedu/ Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/554suymd *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Dr. Isabela Morales, author of the multi-award winning book Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom (Oxford, 2022), discusses the Townsend family of Madison County, Alabama, particularly the 45 manumitted children and nieces of Samuel Townsend who will them their freedom and his fortune. Morales speaks about the Townsends’ diaspora and how “race, place, and money” affected their experience of freedom between the Civil War and the Jim Crow Era. Links mentioned in the episode: Dr. R. Isabela Morales: http://www.risabelamorales.com/ Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ James F. Sulzby Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/james-f-sulzby-book-award Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/happy-dreams-of-liberty-9780197531792?cc=ca&lang=en& Hoole Special Collections Library, Univ. of Alabama: https://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/ Septimus D. Cabaniss Papers, Estate of Samuel Townsend (Hoole Lib): https://archives.lib.ua.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/73817 Wilberforce University: https://wilberforce.edu/ Leavenworth, KS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth,_Kansas Jim Crow in Alabama: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/segregation-jim-crow/ Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum: https://www.ssaamuseum.org/ Elizabeth Dale, the “Black Widow of Hazel Green”: https://huntsvillehistorycollection.org/hhc/browse-person.php?a=person&pe=Elizabeth%20Evans%20Hall%20Dale Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/5afmd542 *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Mr. Barry McNealy of Birmingham talks about receiving the Alabama Historical Association’s Virginia Van Der Veer Hamilton Award for 2024, given to a person who has significantly advanced Alabama history with the general public. Mr. McNealy is a classroom teacher, historical expert with the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, youth leader, and tour guide. Links mentioned in the podcast: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/virginia-v-hamilton-award Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: https://www.bcri.org/ Miles College: https://www.miles.edu/ Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr.: https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Abraham_Woods_Jr Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fred-lee-shuttlesworth/ Ms. Rosa Parks: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/rosa-parks/ Parker High School, Birmingham: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Parker_High_School Smithfield Community: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Smithfield_community Dynamite Hill: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Dynamite_Hill Sixteenth Street Baptist Church: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/sixteenth-street-baptist-church/ “Four Little Girls” bombing: https://bhamwiki.com/w/1963_church_bombing BCRI Legacy Youth Leadership Program: https://www.bcri.org/youth-and-families/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/ Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/alabama-christian-movement-for-human-rights-acmhr/ Boutwell Auditorium: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Boutwell_Auditorium Nat King Cole assault and attempted kidnapping: https://bhamwiki.com/w/1956_Nat_King_Cole_assault Father Coyle murder: https://bhamwiki.com/w/James_Coyle Edmund Pettus Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Pettus_Bridge “Bloody Sunday” (Selma, AL, 1965): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bloody-sunday/ Juneteenth Freedom Celebration (BCRI): https://www.bcri.org/event/juneteenth2024/ “Letter From Birmingham Jail”: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/letter-from-birmingham-jail/ Miss Odessa Woolfolk: https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Odessa_Woolfolk PEACE Birmingham: https://www.acealabama.org/peacebirmingham.html Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3dhb5vat *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: September 3, 2024 Ms. Jasponica Florence, chair of the local arrangements committee for the AHA’s 2024 Fall Pilgrimage to Phenix City, discusses the history of Phenix City (beginning with why the city name does not have an “O”); the pre-meeting tour sites in Russell County, AL; the Pilgrimage tour sites in Phenix City (with special emphasis on the Franchise Baptist Church and South Girard School); and the special program devoted to antebellum enslaved / manumitted bridge builder and native son Horace King. Links referenced in the interview: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Fall 2024 AHA Newsletter (download PDF): https://www.alabamahistory.net/_files/ugd/3aaf16_7bf43642929b4d948f835115a0123a4f.pdf Phenix City (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/phenix-city/ Movie, “The Phenix City Story,” 1955: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048488/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk ; (EOA) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/the-phenix-city-story/ Ft. Benning / Ft. Moore (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Moore Crawford Masonic Lodge (Historical marker Database): https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=111586 Crockettsville Store Museum: https://www.citizenofeastalabama.com/news/local_history/gazebo-crockettsville-general-store-open/article_34ff6bf8-8547-5972-976a-a3518c63170b.html Ft. Mitchell (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-mitchell/ Jones Store Museum: https://www.citizenofeastalabama.com/news/local/jones-museum-smiths-station-celebrates-opening-of-historic-jones-store-museum/article_8db09708-9a9a-5a51-b6c6-7d13316995df.html Museum of Wonder: https://museumofwonder.com/ Russell County Courthouse at Seale (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_County_Courthouse_at_Seale Horace King (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/horace-king/ Tom Lenard’s documentary, “Horace: The Bridge Builder King” (1995-96), part I: https://youtu.be/4qQWPX3oaNU?si=eYGI1Ijsg_W663PX Albert Patterson (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/albert-l-patterson/ Phenix City Old Post Office (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenix_City_Post_Office_Building Russell County Courthouse (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/russell-county-courthouse/ South Gerard School (Historical Marker Database): https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=253870 Trinity United Methodist Church: https://www.trinityumcpc.org/ New Central Missionary Baptist Church (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/NewCentralmbc8 Franchise Baptist Church: https://www.franchisebaptist.org/our-history/ Whitewater Rafting in Phenix City: https://alabamarecreationtrails.org/trail/chattahoochee-river-whitewater-phenix-city/ _Overcoming Twenty-Five Years of Separate but Unequal_ (iPublisher, 2021): https://www.iuniverse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/821211-overcoming-25-years-of-separate-but-unequal Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3m3v6z3z *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Episode 76 – Dr. Idrissa Snider discusses Alabama History Day. Air date: August 6, 2024 Dr. Idrissa Snider, Alabama Humanities Alliance Program Coordinator, talks about the Alabama History Day and National History Day competitions, their relationship to history education, and how students, teachers, and potential judges can involve themselves with the program. Links mentioned in the podcast: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Humanities Alliance: https://alabamahumanities.org/ Alabama History Day Program: https://alabamahumanities.org/program/alabama-history-day/ National History Day: https://nhd.org/en/ North Alabama AHD Ambassador Rebecca Heaton: https://alabamahumanities.org/alabama-history-day-for-teachers/ (scroll to middle of page) South Alabama AHD Ambassador Cheryl Birch: https://alabamahumanities.org/alabama-history-day-for-teachers/ (scroll to middle of page) Central Alabama AHD Ambassador Idrissa Snider: https://alabamahumanities.org/about/team/ (scroll to bottom of page) Troy University Montgomery Campus: https://www.troy.edu/about-us/montgomery-campus/index.html Rosa Parks Museum: https://troy.edu/student-life-resources/arts-culture/rosa-parks-museum/index.html Davis Theater: https://www.troy.edu/student-life-resources/arts-culture/davis-theatre/index.html Alabama Humanities Alliance Janice Riley Memorial Scholarship: https://alabamahumanities.org/program/jenice-riley-memorial-scholarship/ Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3buyerde *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Dr. Richard Bailey, AHA president for 2024-25, discusses the AHA Fall Pilgrimage to Phenix City in October 2024, the annual meeting in Opelika during April 2025, his focus on pursuing local histories, Alabama’s African American history, and the importance of recognizing the full history of the Reconstruction Era. Links to things mentioned or implied in this episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA Fall Pilgrimage, Phenix City, October 2024: https://www.alabamahistory.net/_files/ugd/3aaf16_7bf43642929b4d948f835115a0123a4f.pdf AHA Annual Meeting, Opelika, April 2025: https://www.alabamahistory.net/meetings Neither Carpetbaggers nor Scalawags: Black Office Holders During the Reconstruction of Alabama 1867-1878: https://ugapress.org/book/9781588381897/neither-carpetbaggers-nor-scalawags/ Reconstruction in Alabama (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/reconstruction-in-alabama/ Founding of Birmingham (Bham Wiki): https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Incorporation_of_Birmingham Public Education during Reconstruction(EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/public-education-during-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-era/ They, Too, Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles 1800 To 1999: https://books.google.com/books/about/They_Too_Call_Alabama_Home.html?id=wHIOAQAAMAAJ Albert Patterson (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/albert-l-patterson/ Horace King (EOA): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/horace-king/ Horace: The Bridge Builder King (Tom Lenard documentary, Part 1 w/link to Part 2): You Tube https://youtu.be/4qQWPX3oaNU?si=KY8zLK_O9VRl5_d7 Auburn Marriott Opelika Resort and Spa at Grand National in Opelika: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/csgab-auburn-marriott-opelika-resort-and-spa-at-grand-national/overview/ Dr. Clayborne Carson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayborne_Carson Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights Reader: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/323119/the-eyes-on-the-prize-civil-rights-reader-by-general-editors-clayborne-carson-david-j-garrow-gerald-gill-vincent-harding-darlene-clark-hine/ Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/about-papers-project Air Force Historical Research Agency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency Alabama Bicentennial Commission: https://fortherecordalabama.blog/2021/12/16/new-in-the-adah-collections-alabama-bicentennial-commission-collection/ Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4rt885dd *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Episode 74 – Tom Reidy on AHA 2024 Museum Award for The Scottsboro Boys Museum Air Date: May 20, 2024 Dr. Tom Reidy, executive director of The Scottsboro Boys Museum which received the Alabama Historical Association’s Museum Award for 2024, discusses the history of the infamous Scottsboro Boys case and the history and programs of the museum itself. Links to things mentioned or implied in the episode: Alabama Historical Association https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Historical Association Historical Museum Award https://www.alabamahistory.net/historical-museum-award The Scottsboro Boys Museum (1) https://www.thescottsboroboysmuseum.com/ ; (2) https://www.alabamaheritage.com/alabama-heritage-blog/the-historical-legacy-of-the-scottsboro-boys-museum ; (3) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-boys-museum-and-cultural-center/ Sheila Washington https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/964172261/remembering-sheila-washington-who-told-the-story-of-the-scottsboro-boys The Scottsboro Boys (case) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-trials/ Alabama Chapter of the Communist Party USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Chapter_of_the_Communist_Party_USA Southern Worker newspaper https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/southernworker/ Jackson County Sentinel newspaper https://www.newspapers.com/paper/jackson-county-sentinel/29019/ The Huntsville Times newspaper https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/the-huntsville-times/ International Labor Defense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labor_Defense Judge James Horton https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/james-horton-jr/ Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976 docudrama) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074723/ Heavens Fall (2006 drama) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425094/ Samuel Leibowitz https://www.famous-trials.com/scottsboroboys/1559-leibowitz Harlem Renaissance https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance Langston Hughes https://poets.org/poet/langston-hughes Lead Belly https://www.songhall.org/profile/Huddie_Ledbetter To Kill a Mockingbird https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/to-kill-a-mockingbird/ Nelle Harper Lee https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/harper-lee/ NAACP https://naacp.org/ Rosa Parks (and Scottsboro Boys) https://rosaparksbiography.org/bio/scottsboro-boys/ The Scottsboro Boys Act of 2023 https://www.al.com/breaking/2013/04/post_1132.html Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/29thykt5 *Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.