December 6, 2023
As the holidays approach, many of us are looking for ways to connect with our heritage and traditions. For Alabamians, food is an integral part of both. That’s where Emily… READ MORE
October 26, 2023
Tennant McWilliams, the Southern historian and longtime Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, passed away in Fairhope, Alabama on October… READ MORE
October 11, 2023
Greensborough Thursday 11 Oct[ober] 1832 — Having nearly finished a new dress, I ran first to Lucinda’s, and not finding her, went on where I knew I should find her… READ MORE
August 12, 2023
“August 12. Startling news from Washington. Clays bill has been defeated, and Texas is much excited upon her boundary with New Mexico.” —Talladega County, Alabama farmer James Mallory’s entry for… READ MORE
August 3, 2023
In my early twenties, after I left Alabama, I worked as a caseworker in a swampy part of western Tennessee known as the Bottoms. My clients—mostly poor white people who… READ MORE
Excerpt: The Flat Woman by Vanessa Saunders