A Strong Clear Vision” Lin is a 1977 Athens, Ohio High School graduate  Tuesday, July 22 at 10:00 pm Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision tells... Read More ...

As Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette sailed into Alabama in 1825, a Creek Nation chieftain stood on the banks of the Chattahoochee River and led his people in a welcoming cry.

Historian Mary Ann Neely talks about the city of Montgomery, AL during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

In Montgomery, Jefferson Davis Avenue crosses Rosa Parks Avenue, creating an appropriate intersection for a place that used to rely on Civil War tourism but that now draws visitors to a growing ...

Thanksgiving in Alabama: 'Yankee' holiday didn't catch on until after Civil War After the war, Alabama had Thanksgiving on Dec. 7, 1865, and Nov. 29, 1866; Previously the South thought of it as a ...

Howell Raines’ "Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta – and Then Got Written out of History" (NY: Crown, 2023).

The Yellowhammer State's history, geography, economy (aerospace, automotive), and education. Explore its role in the Civil ...

Walk through Alabama’s Civil Rights Trail, from Montgomery to Selma, and experience the landmarks that shaped America’s path ...

Here, civil rights marchers carry American flags and play flutes as they grow closer to their goal of Montgomery, Alabama’s state capitol on March 24, 1965.

Safiyah Riddle Prolific civil rights attorney Fred Gray talks outside of the Alabama Bar Association in downtown Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle) ...