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Gov. Riley Launches Encyclopedia of Alabama Today


Gov. Riley Launches Encyclopedia of Alabama Today
Posted by Mike Cason --
The Birmingham News
September 15, 2008 2:53 PM
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Gov. Bob Riley today announced the launch of Encyclopedia of Alabama, an
online reference on the state's history, culture, geography and natural
environment.


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The foundation and Auburn University developed Encyclopedia of Alabama
with about $3 million in public and private funding, said Bob Stewart, the
foundation's executive director.

Wayne Flynt, professor emeritus of history at Auburn University and
editor-in-chief of the online encyclopedia, said it gives students free
access to the most recent research about Alabama written by scholars from
around the world.



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The Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Alabama was the site of many key events in the American civil rights
movement. Rosa Parks's stand against segregation on a public bus led to
the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the violence targeted toward the
Freedom Riders of the early 1960s drew the nation's attention to racial
hatred in Alabama. Protests led by Rev. Martin Luther King, bombings in
Birmingham, and the pivotal march from Selma to Montgomery led the
government to approve the Civil Rights Act in 1965.


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Quilting
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Quilt making has a long history in Alabama. Early settlers created
bedcovers both for necessity and pleasure, and the pieced and quilted
layers of fabric provided warmth and beauty in a new and often harsh
environment. The craft continued even as modern textiles came to replace
quilts in everyday use. Alabama practitioners range from those who make
traditional quilts to those who work in studios and create art quilts. The
quilters of Gee's Bend, in Wilcox County, are renowned for their
innovative and sophisticated quilt designs and have garnered particular
attention and praise from critics and the general public. Although styles
and methods in the craft have changed as society has changed, quilt making
continues as an active and vibrant tradition today.

In the early nineteenth century, as settlers moved west into Alabama
territory, they brought what possessions they could carry as well as the
traditions of their previous communities. Thus, handmade textiles and
needlework created in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee were
brought to Alabama, and some survive today. Such pieces served as guides
for textiles made by early settlers. The types and styles of needlework
developed by these new Alabamians followed national styles but were
influenced by other factors, including family and community traditions,
availability of materials, local examples, emerging trends in ladies'
magazines and published patterns, and, after the mid-nineteenth century,
exhibits at state and county fairs.

Quilts are among the best-preserved and best-documented of Alabama
textiles. It should be noted, however, that fabric was expensive and the
making of quilts required a great deal of time, thus quilts from the early
nineteenth century were most often made by individuals and families with
greater resources. Blankets and woven coverlets more often served as the
primary bedcovering for the broader socio-economic levels.


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