It’s true! We’re thrilled to bring our Alabama Colloquium series to Huntsville this summer to honor two of Alabama’s finest. Join us: vonbrauncenter.com/event/brittany…

Via Ralph Chapoco: The Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery plans to open the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park to the public by the end of the month. The site uses art and artifacts to show the brutality of slavery and the courage of its victims. alabamareflector.com/2024/03/26/fre… #alpolitics

Kudos to AHA board member Susan Price and to filmmaker/AHA grant recipient T. Marie King for their selections as 2024 Women Who Shape the State honorees!

This is Alabama via AL.com:
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A new #NEHgrant will fund a two-year initiative Cal State Northridge to transcribe archival materials documenting the experiences of people of color within the surrounding community from the 18th to 20th centuries: neh.gov/news/neh-annou…

We hosted Alexander Heffner (Alexander Heffner) for a pair of events this past week. He’s got some much-needed perspective on moving past division and strengthening our shared democracy.

Another good AHA read in the wake of Coach Saban's retirement: This 2022 Mosaic mag article by FunnyMaine.com -- on what it means to be a fan in Alabama.

'Most folks’ priorities around here? God. Family. Sports. In some order.'

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Nick Saban's retirement has us re-reading 'Four Downs with Rece Davis' from our 2022 issue of Mosaic magazine, The Sports Issue: 'No program in history has matched what Saban has done.' -Rece Davis

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OK, OK. We'll admit it. The 1843 first edition of 'A Christmas Carol' (of which the Library has 3 copies!) is the quintessential version of the story. (But 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' is a close second!) Stephanie Stillo, chief of the Rare Book Division, gives us a closer look.

A fascinating read by author and journalist Howell Raines, one of our Alabama Humanities Fellows.

Today is #BillofRightsDay , which celebrates the adoption of the first 10 Amendments to the #Constitution .

Learn about the origins of the historical document and the debates over the amendments, outlined in an essay featured in Humanities Magazine:
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Curious about the cost of your favorite dish at a local restaurant 100 years ago?

Find out by browsing the #NEHgrant -funded What's on the Menu?, a unique collection of 45,000 historical menus from the 1840s to today: essentials.neh.gov/projects/whats…

#DYK that many “invented languages” belong to the real world and have real speakers?

Learn about the history of the Esperanto, Klingon, “Oirish,” and other languages, in this Humanities Magazine article: neh.gov/humanities/201…

Today in History: Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for keeping her seat on a bus, 1955. #otd #tih go.loc.gov/FSQq50Q9Rj2

Tennessee River was so closely associated with the Cherokee that English, Spanish, and French settlers often referred to the waterway simply as the “Cherokee River.” neh.gov/article/rivers… #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Take a sonic journey through 75 years of Folkways history with our new playlist: The Folkways 75.

The playlist begins with a recording from Lead Belly’s last sessions in 1948 and features one track released each year up to the present.

Read / Listen now: s.si.edu/3SM8ixp