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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:51 pm
Subject: Sucarnochee Revue on APT

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Jacky Jack White and Britt Gully

�Sucarnochee Revue,� a weekly TV series featuring music from the Black Belt region of Alabama and Mississippi now airs Thursday nights at 10:30 on Alabama Public Television. Recorded before live audiences in Mississippi and Alabama, the series began airing on Mississippi Public Broadcasting some time ago. It is produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting with crew members from both Mississippi and Alabama, and I have had the honor of directing the programs.

The series name comes from the Sucarnochee Creek which winds through the east Mississippi and west Alabama area known for its rich, black soil. The Black Belt, or Black Prairie as it is also called, was the birthplace of country music legend Jimmie Rogers and blues music legend Howlin� Wolf. Programs in the series feature music by current favorites from the area and beyond.

Jacky Jack White, a singer/songwriter from Livingston, Alabama is the force behind the series. White began putting together stage shows at the University of West Alabama in Livingston several years ago. The recorded shows grew into a popular radio series which airs on stations across the US and around the world. Stage shows in Meridian, Mississippi were added along the way and TV was just the natural next step. Mississippi Public Broadcasting began recording the shows in the fall of 2010 and the series hit the MPB airwaves a few months later. Now it has come to Alabama Public Television as well.

Regular performers on the series include:

Britt Gully
Mississippi Chris Sharp and the Jangalang Band
Track 45
J. Burton Fuller
Jessica Strenth
The Sucarnochee Stage Hands, a couple of University of West Alabama students who began working on the stage shows behind the scenes but were drafted to perform because they are very talented singers.

For more about Jacky Jack White and the Sucarnochee Revue on radio and TV, read this article from Legends magazine.

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#3924

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:38 pm
Subject: Ala. Dance Festival: Celebrating 15 Years

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January 10, 2012

Contact: Rosemary Johnson 205.602.3599

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ALABAMA DANCE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES BEING FIFTEEN & FABULOUS

January 20-31 featuring Brazz Dance Theater and EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY

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Birmingham, AL � The Alabama Dance Council invites everyone to get moving and join the fun on January 20-31 as the Alabama Dance Festival celebrates being �Fifteen and Fabulous.� So, whether you are a beginning dancer, a seasoned professional, or an enthusiastic audience member, there are opportunities for everyone!

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With the theme of �Global Perspectives in Dance,� the Alabama Dance Festival presents two pioneering contemporary dance companies whose artistic directors have developed their individual choreographic voices through a fusion of cultures and styles.

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Deeply rooted in the proud, rich, and sometimes painful and controversial issues of African and African-American cultural identity, Ronald K. Brown, Artistic Director of EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY, creates dances that illustrate through movement, music, and text his expression of the cultural and societal issues and history that have shaped us as a society and individuals. In his newest work, On Earth Together, inspired by the timeless music of Stevie Wonder, he sees the work ��as a commitment to making the world a better place: a loving and compassionate place to celebrate a world-view."

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Other pieces included on the EVIDENCE program are Ronald K. Brown�s Ebony Magazine: To a Village (1996), originally commissioned and performed by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and Incidents (1998), a work created from a collection of images inspired by several historical texts, including Linda Brent�s Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl. �

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The Artistic Director of the second company, Brazz Dance Theater, is native Brazilian Augusto Soledade, who now resides in Miami. Brazz Dance Theater offers up a colorful blend of Afro-Brazilian and contemporary dance with the pieces Kayala, based on the Afro-Brazilian folktale How Night Came from the Sea, and his newest piece Cordel, a blend of Argentine Tango, American Hip-hop culture, and the Brazilian literary tradition of Cordel. Birmingham-based Hip-hop artist Winston Strickland and spoken word artist Sharrif Simmons will perform with the company in Cordel.

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With the presentation of EVIDENCE and Brazz Dance Theater, the Alabama Dance Council steps into a new role as co-commissioner of new work. Augusto Soledade�s Cordel is a National Performance Network Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by the Florida Dance Association, the Alabama Dance Council, the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, and the National Performance Network.Ronald K. Brown�s On Earth Together had co-commissioning support from NJPAC Alternate Routes/ New Jersey Performing Arts Center, University of Florida Performing Arts, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Alabama Dance Council, and Reginald Van Lee.

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The Alabama Dance Festival, the largest dance event in Alabama, celebrates the diversity of dance and provides community engagement in the art of dance. Now in its fifteenth year, the Festival has expanded to twelve days and features six performances, sixteen free community dance classes, and over sixty master classes for professional and pre-professional dancers.

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The Alabama Dance Festival kicks off with a community celebration of dance on January 21 called Dance Across Birmingham. This totally free event is open to all ages and takes place at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Information about the free dance classes and the free Birmingham Dance Showcase is available at www.danceacrossbirmingham.org.

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Information about professional (college-up) and pre-professional master classes (grades 6-12) on January 27-29 is available at www.alabamadancefestival.org. Online registration for all classes continues through January 18, with onsite registration available during the Festival.

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With the extended dates of January 20-31, the Alabama Dance Festival has launched a new �Dance for Schools� program and is offering expanded community activities with both Brazz Dance Theater and EVIDENCE in various locations in Birmingham. �Dance for Schools� includes a free matinee performance by each company on January 27 (Brazz) and January 30 (EVIDENCE), preceded by a free teacher workshop (January 20) that provides classroom study materials and tools to maximize students� matinee performance experiences. To make reservations, contact Rosemary Johnson at 205-602-3599 or rosemary@....

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Both artistic directors will offer workshops in three Birmingham schools and at residency partner venues, including Space One Eleven, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and Faith Chapel Christian Center. Brazz Dance Theater and EVIDENCE performances and school matinees take place at Samford University�s Wright Center.

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Public performances include Brazz Dance Theater on January 27 and EVIDENCE on January 28 beginning at 8:00pm at the Wright Center, with a pre-performance talk Inside the Dance at 7:35pm each night. The closing performance for the Festival is the Alabama Dance Showcase on January 29, 2:00pm, at the Wright Center. The Showcase features dance companies from Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia.

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Tickets for all performances are available at the Samford University Box Office at 205-726-2853. Prices range from $10-$45 with weekend package discounts up to 20% available through the SU Box Office. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.alabamadancefestival.org.

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The following schedule provides an overview of all events with dates, times, and locations.

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Friday, January 20

Classroom Teacher Workshop, Free Admission
8:30 am � 3:30 pm, Children�s Dance Foundation

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Saturday, January 21

Dance Across Birmingham Community Classes, Free Admission
9:00 am � 4:15 pm, Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, North Meeting Rooms

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Birmingham Dance Showcase, Free Admission
12:30 pm, Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Mainstage Theatre

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Friday, January 27

Brazz Dance Theater School Matinee, Free Admission
10:00 am, Samford University Wright Center

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American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Auditions
Summer Scholarship/Dance Theatre of Harlem Auditions
3:00-5:00 pm, Alabama School of Fine Arts; $30 per audition. Requires pointe work.

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Brazz Dance Theater
8:00 pm, Samford University Wright Center
7:35 pm, Inside the Dance, a Pre-Performance Talk

$45, $30, $20; Students $15

Saturday, January 28

Alabama Dance Festival Professional and Pre-Professional Master Classes
9:00 am � 3:00 pm, Children�s Dance Foundation (grade 6-7), Alabama Ballet (grades 8-9), Alabama School of Fine Arts (grades 10-12), Birmingham-Southern College (college/professional). Previous dance training required. Registration: $30-$230. www.alabamadancefestival.org.

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EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY
8:00 pm, Samford University Wright Center
7:35 pm, Inside the Dance, a Pre-Performance Talk

$45, $30, $20; Students $15

Sunday, January 29

Alabama Dance Festival Professional and Pre-Professional Master Classes
9:00 am � 12:30 pm at same locations.

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Alabama Dance Showcase
2:00 pm, Samford University Wright Center

General Admission: $17; Students $10

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Monday, January 30

EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY School Matinee, Free Admission
10:00 am, Samford University Wright Center

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Rosemary W. Johnson, D.M.A.
Executive Director
Alabama Dance Council
P.O. Box 2126
Birmingham, AL 35201-2126
Tel: (205) 602-3599
Fax: (205) 322-4444
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www.alabamadancecouncil.org
Serving Alabama's Dance Community

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:18 pm
Subject: U of Alabama Fellowships [deadline 3/16/12]

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�To support the study of southern history and promote the use of the collections housed at the University of Alabama, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South will offer four fellowships in the amount of $500 each for researchers whose projects entail work to be conducted in southern history or southern studies at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library (http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/), the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection (http://www.lib.ua.edu/williamscollection), or in other University of Alabama collections.

Applicants should send two copies of:
� � � � A current CV
� � � � One letter of recommendation (which may be sent under separate cover)
� � � � A description of the research project, no longer than two double-spaced pages, which includes a description of the particular resources to be used during the term of the fellowship

The deadline for applications to be received by the Summersell Center is March 16, 2012. Decisions regarding awards will be made by May 1, 2012, and research may be conducted anytime between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. Both academic and non-academic researchers at any stage of their careers are encouraged to apply. Because fellowships are designed primarily to help defray travel and lodging expenses, however, eligibility is restricted to researchers living outside the Tuscaloosa area.

Send all application materials to:
Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South
Department of History
University of Alabama
Box 870212, 202 ten Hoor Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Any questions about the fellowships may be directed to Joshua Rothman, Director of the Summersell Center, at jrothman@... or 205.348.3818. More information about the Summersell Center is available at www.scss.ua.edu, and on our Facebook page.

Joshua Rothman
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University of Alabama

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#3926

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:41 pm
Subject: Southern Cultures Releases 15th Anniv. Reader online

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Date: Jan 17, 2012 4:30 PM

The Southern Cultures Fifteenth Anniversary Reader is now available online
at no cost:
http://www.southerncultures.org/content/read/table_of_contents_by_issue/15-year_anniversary_classroom_reader/

This anthology of 27 classroom favorites includes:

Southern Distinctiveness, Yet Again, or,
Why America Still Needs the South
by Larry J. Griffin

Chicago as the Northernmost County of Mississippi
by Anthony Walton

Teaching Gone with the Wind in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
by Mart Stewart

Haiku
by C. Vann Woodward

Landmarks of Power:
Building a Southern Past, 1885-1915
by Catherine W. Bishir

The Southern Accent-Alive and Well
by Michael Montgomery

The Banner That Won't Stay Furled
by John Shelton Reed

Living with Confederate Symbols
by franklin forts

Rednecks, White Socks, and Pina Coladas?:
Country Music Ain't What It Used to Be ... And It Really Never Was
by James C. Cobb

"Where Is the Love?":
Racial Violence, Racial Healing, and Blues Communities
by Adam Gussow

The Strange Career of Atticus Finch
by Joseph Crespino

Rituals of Initiation and Rebellion:
Adolescent Responses to Segregation in Southern Autobiography
by Melton McLaurin

Columbus Meets Pocahontas in the American South
by Theda Perdue

A Sense of Place:
Jews, Blacks, and White Gentiles in the American South
by David Goldfield

Martin Luther King and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by Timothy B. Tyson

Our Lady of Guadeloupe Visits the Confederate Memorial
by Thomas A. Tweed

And the Dead Shall Rise: An Overview
by Steve Oney

Kudzu: A Tale of Two Vines
by Derek H. Alderman and Donna G'Segner Alderman

A Short History of Redneck:
The Fashioning of a Southern White Masculine Identity
by Patrick Huber

"Where the Sun Set Crimson and the Moon Rose Red":
Writing Appalachia and the Kentucky Mountain Feuds
by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen M. Blee

The "Tennessee Test of Manhood":
Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Stereotypes
by Louis M. Kyriakoudes and Peter A. Coclanis

"How 'bout a Hand for the Hog":
The Enduring Nature of the Swine as a Cultural Symbol in the South
by S. Jonathan Bass

Equine Relics of the Civil War
by Drew Gilpin Faust

The Most Southern Sport on Earth:
NASCAR and the Unions
by Dan Pierce

Adventures in a Foreign Country:
African American Humor and the South
by Trudier Harris

Sister Act:
Sorority Rush as Feminine Performance
by Elizabeth Boyd

The Death of Southern Heroes:
Historic Funerals of the South
by Charles Reagan Wilson

To browse the Fifteenth Anniversary Reader online, read our latest issue,
or find more essays, please visit:
www.southerncultures.org

Thank you.

Best,

Dave Shaw
Executive Editor, Southern Cultures
UNC's Center for the Study of the American South CB# 9127, UNC-CH Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599-9127 www.SouthernCultures.org

"The rich array of photographs and graphics, and the sincere and effective
attempt at readerly appeal, go well beyond what is attempted by most. . .
Southern Cultures is truly impressive."
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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:54 pm
Subject: ADAH: AT Reminder Jan 19 2012

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#3928

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:03 pm
Subject: "Red Tails" movie ties to Alabama

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Before you watch the movie "Red Tails" read the
fascinating story of Alabama�s Tuskegee Airmen...

Read the story of the pioneering Tuskegee Airmen in our full-text version of the article, "Black Wings of Tuskegee" by Jerry Davis from Issue 27 of Alabama Heritage.

The article takes you from the formation of the civilian pilot training school at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama through the heroic and daring exploits of the fighter pilots known as the "Black Wings of Tuskegee."

Finally given the opportunity to become fighter pilots, these African American men brought credit to their race and their country during World War II.

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#3929

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:04 pm
Subject: Ala. Writer's Forum: Literary News January 2012

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January 2012

February 2. One Day. One massive opportunity to support local nonprofits.

On February 2, 2012, the Alabama Association of Nonprofits, in partnership with the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Razoo Foundation, is doing something in Alabama that�s never been done. With the launch of Alabama Gives Day, these organizations are taking one day to harness the power of individual contributions statewide, connecting new and existing donors with thousands of Alabama nonprofits.

�For twenty-four hours, starting at midnight on Feb. 2, people who love the literary arts in Alabama can go online and quickly make their voices heard through contributions to the Forum,� said Executive Director Jeanie Thompson. �Donations will support the programs of the Forum, such as the Alabama Book Festival, the High School Literary Arts Awards, and the resources for writers and readers at writersforum.org.�

Although Alabama Gives Day officially launches on February 2, people can make contributions now through the Forum�s Razoo Web site.

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Arts advocacy briefing at ASF calls leaders to action

Al Head addresses the audience in the Octagon Theater while Young Boozer and Jim Harrison look on. (photo by Jeanie Thompson)

At a called meeting of arts leaders and individuals from around the state on January 11 at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) in Montgomery, Alabama State Council on the Arts chairman Jim Harrison (Tuscaloosa) and ASCA executive director Al Head encouraged the arts community to step up to the challenge of arts advocacy for the upcoming legislative session. Without such a united front, Head said, the consequences may be dire for state arts funding.

�If we don�t speak out (about arts funding), it will be easy to slip through the cracks,� said Head. He encouraged people to invite elected state officials to visit arts programs and arts education events, and to make the case for the economic impact of their arts organizations within the community. Head also encouraged people to know who their legislative delegations are, to understand the process and be familiar with key committee chairs and the movement of the budgets.

Click here to find your local representative or senator.

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First Draft Newsroom keeps you current on the people, events, and other topics of literary interest in the state and beyond. Top stories in January include:

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ASCA announces board member reappointments

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First Draft Reviews Online can help match the right book with the right reader. Whether you prefer poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or children and young adult literature, browse the page to see what your favorite Alabama authors are publishing these days.

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Read what our members and other notable writers are blogging about. First Draft Blogs offer features and columns from people in the know. Recently posted blogs include Jim Reed�s advice to young writers, �Writers Write! Right Now!�

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Each week on the Alabama Arts Radio Series, staff members of the Alabama State Council on the Arts visit with writers, musicians, visual artists, and other individuals who contribute to our state�s rich artistic traditions. Recent literary interviews include Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Augusto Soledade, and Jim Hilgartner.

Listen Sundays 5-5:30 p.m. on WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery-Troy), WRWA 88.7 (Dothan), and WTJB 91.7 (Columbus-PhenixCity). Those farther south may listen Saturdays 2:30-3 p.m. on WHIL 91.3 (Mobile-Biloxi-Pensacola). Broadcasts are also streamed live and archived on the Web.

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:59 pm
Subject: Ala. Arts Radio: SW Ala. Culinary Trail

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Linda Vice

The Southwest Alabama Culinary Trail is the topic of this week�s program as Anne Kimzey, folklorist with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, travels to Thomasville to interview Linda Vice, director of the Southwest Alabama Tourism and Film Office.�� Ms. Vice takes listeners on a county-by-county tour highlighting the traditional cuisine and hospitality offered along the trail, which includes everything from Conecuh and Monroe sausages to the Black Bottom Pie served at Gaines Ridge Supper Club in Camden.

This special radio series will air every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:��

WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)�

This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#vice

If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@...

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#3931

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:41 pm
Subject: Docent Training at the Archives

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Love history? Enjoy children?

Want to share your excitement with others?

Then become an Archives docent!

Alabama Department of Archives and History

Docent Training

Monday, February 27, 2012

9:00am-3:00pm

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The Department of Archives and History is looking for volunteers to conduct tours of our museum including our new galleries. We ask for enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers who are willing to give at least 6 tours per month.

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Whether you are a retiree looking for something meaningful to fill your time or a college student looking to gain applicable workplace experience, being a docent provides many rewarding benefits. Attend our tour guide training session to become a docent and share your love of history with schoolchildren from around the state.

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Training will include an overview of museum subject matter and interpretation techniques, a detailed museum tour, a description of a typical tour day, and lunch!

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For more information or to reserve your place, please call or email by Friday, February 17, 2012. 334-353-4702 or Kelly.hoomes@...

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Docent comes from the Latin word, docere, which means "to lead or teach." Early in the 19th�century, the term identified a person who explained or taught about a museum exhibition. Today, it has come to mean a volunteer tour leader.

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Join the Alabama Department of Archives and History's docent team and�help make a child's trip to the Archives memorable!

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#3932

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:54 pm
Subject: Ala. Arts Radio: The Secret Sisters, Laura & Lydia Rodgers

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Laura and Lydia Rodgers
The Secret Sisters

The Secret Sisters, Laura and Lydia Rodgers, have, in the past year and a half, secured a record deal, released an album produced by noted producer T-Bone Burnett, toured much of the United States, Europe, and Australia, and opened for Paul Simon. Folklorist Deborah Boykin talked with the sisters before a November appearance at Decatur's Princess Theater. They discussed their early influences, the audition that led them into the music business, their recent songwriting efforts, and their touring and performing experiences.

This special radio series will air every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:��

WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)�

This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#secret

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#3933

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Date: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:41 pm
Subject: Registration Deadline Feb. 14 for Public History Conf. at AU

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Deadline for registration: Tuesday, February 14

On February 17-18, 2012, Auburn University will host a two-day symposium exploring the intersection of public history and community in the South, with a focus on Alabama. The event will explore the roles of community, institutional, and academic partners in public history collaborations.

The symposium is sponsored by Auburn University's College of Liberal Arts' Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities and Department of History, Alabama Department of Archives and History, and History Matters LLC.

Symposium Roundtables

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Date: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:11 pm
Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Upcoming events

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Colleagues,

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This quick greeting is to remind you of some upcoming Becoming Alabama events that are on my radar. If you know of others being sponsored by your organization or that you�re planning to attend, feel free to share them with the list by replying to this e-mail.

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The Shelby County Historical Society will celebrate the county�s 194^th birthday on Sunday with a Becoming Alabama-themed event in Columbiana. For details, see http://bit.ly/zvkdox.

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On March 2-4, you have an opportunity to hear some great papers and to tour Blakeley battlefield at the Blakeley Symposium: Mobile Campaign and Civil War. For full details, visit http://bit.ly/zEFebD.

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Although not specifically tied to the Becoming Alabama theme, many of you may be interested in a symposium on public history being hosted by Auburn University on February 17-18. The event continues discussions begun at a 2010 statewide meeting, but in a conference format.� The schedule and registration information can be found at http://bit.ly/A9IElo.

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And it�s not too early to mark your calendars for a big event next year: The American Association for State and Local History will hold its annual meeting in Birmingham on September 18-21, 2013. This will be a great opportunity to share with our colleagues from around the nation the great work that�s being done at repositories, museums, and other cultural sites around Alabama. As additional details are released, they will be posted here: http://www.aaslh.org/am2013.htm.

�

Best regards,

�

Steve

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Steve Murray

Assistant Director for Administration

Alabama Department of Archives & History

PO Box 300100

Montgomery, AL 36130-0100

(334) 353-4692 phone

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:59 pm
Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Another Upcoming Event

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From: Murray, Steve <Steve.Murray@...>
To: Becoming Alabama (becoming-alabama@googlegroups.com) <becoming-alabama@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 12:50 pm
Subject: FW: [Becoming Alabama] Upcoming events

Here�s information from our friends at Fort Mims about activities in March.

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Steve

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From: Claudia Campbell [mailto:claudia_cmpbll@...]
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:57 PM
To: Murray, Steve
Subject: Re: [Becoming Alabama] Upcoming events

�

Thank you for the reminder to send in information:

Tensaw, AL� (Baldwin)

� March 17 &18, 2012 Commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 at Historic Fort Mims.� US Regulars &�militia skirmish with Indians at the 'Bashi Creek' Ambush.� Speakers Highlight Ft Montgomery�& effects of the war on this area, �period crafts, cannons, blackpowder guns, music. fmi:visit fortmims.org /NBaldwin Chamber 251-937 5665/FMRA251-533-9024

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:19 pm
Subject: Alabama Gives Day: Feb. 2

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Alabama Gives Day & The Alabama Humanities Foundation��

On Thursday, February 2^nd ,� you can help make a huge impact by encouraging members of our community to participate in Alabama�s first �day of giving� called Alabama Gives Day. It's one extraordinary day to support the Alabama Humanities Foundation, and it's your chance to make a real impact during this energized, and what could be, historic 24 hour event in our state.

�
If you haven�t heard, the goal is to raise millions of dollars in one day for the more than 850 participating nonprofits in our state, including the Alabama Humanities Foundation. According to other Gives Days in the U.S., your support, as a community voice, is absolutely critical to the success of this day.� We thank you for all that you�re doing to support us. Our greatest need, though, is for you to make sure that you and your friends help AHF on February 2^nd.
�

Make your gift first.
Encourage others to give to AHF on Feb 2. �Send an email to your friends and colleagues encouraging them to join you in supporting AHF.
Be creative, inspirational and let others know the importance of the AHF mission.

�
About Alabama Gives Day:
Alabama Gives Day is a 24 hour event that starts at midnight on February 2^nd and concludes at 11:59pm.� Through the combined marketing efforts of newspapers, broadcasters and other nonprofits, Alabamians will be driven to a central website to make their gift.� Consumers can choose the nonprofit they wish to support and will make their gift.
�
Never before have nonprofits of all types and sizes had a collaborative effort to increase awareness of their missions and to engage first-time donors. Minnesota�s Give to the Max, in its first year, raised $14.8 million, Colorado Gives Day $8.4 million, Central Ohio�s Big Give $8.7 million and the list goes on. Our great state has proudly heralded the National Championship in college football for three years. Wouldn�t it be amazing if Alabama held the record for raising the most money in a Gives Day? It�s possible through your support.
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About the Alabama Humanities Foundation:
As the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alabama Humanities Foundation�s mission is to create and foster opportunities, through grants and AHF-conducted programs, for scholars and the public to interact and explore human values and meanings through the humanities.
�
AHF offers the people of Alabama opportunities to explore the humanities through funded public programs such as seminars, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, documentary videos, and films.
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Founded in 1974 as a vehicle for awarding grants to grassroots organizations in Alabama, the AHF now also conducts its own programs benefiting teachers, schoolchildren, families, and the general public.
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Action Step:
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I invite you to visit the AHF page at Alabama Gives.Use this link:�
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To find out more about the Alabama Humanities Foundation please phone:
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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Wed Feb 1, 2012 3:25 am
Subject: Deadlines for Ala. Heritage "Becoming Alabama" Calendar of Events

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From: Susan Reynolds <sreyn96853@...>
To: becoming-alabama <becoming-alabama@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:24 pm
Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Alabama Heritage "Becoming Alabama" Calendar of Events

Good afternoon, everyone. It has come to our attention at Alabama Heritage that subscribers are using the "Becoming Alabama Calendar of Events" to plan field trips! Therefore, we are sending out a reminder about deadlines for submitting your events to Alabama Heritage magazine. The deadlines for events are:

April 1 (events for summer issue)
July 1 (events for fall issue)
October 1 (events for winter issue)
January 1 (events for spring issue)

As usual, I will send out reminders about these dates.

Please send all events to me at reyno031@....�

Please keep in mind the following when submitting events:

1. We will publish all that can fit in the space we have reserved, beginning with the earliest. We will publish all, if possible.

2. Events must have some relevance to the Becoming Alabama initiative or themes of the Creek War, Civil War, and civil rights movement.

3. Each event must appear in the format and within the text limits presented here:

March 10, 7:00 p.m
TITLE OF YOUR EVENT
Text describing your event should include contact information and any admission fees. The body of this text should be no more than 250 characters.

NOTE: We reserve the right to trim the announcements if absolutely necessary to fit our space requirements. We will take great care to see that nothing essential is cut.

Susan Reynolds
Alabama Heritage�

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Wed Feb 1, 2012 4:59 pm
Subject: 4 Writers in Feb./Capitol Books, Mongomery

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Capitol Book & News

February Events�

�Mark your calendar!

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Wednesday, February 8 �

12:00 -� 1:30

�

JOSHILYN JACKSON��
author of Gods in Alabama

A Grown-up Kind of Pretty�

�

Thursday, February 9

2:30 - 4:00 �

�

DOUG SEGREST

sports journalist, The Birmingham News and The Zone�

�

A Storm Came Up�

�

Wednesday, February 15�

12:00 - 1:30

�

�

STEPHANIE McAFEE

crazy funny blogger and publishing phenom

Diary of a Mad Fat Girl

��

�

Saturday, February 18�

11:30 -� 1:00

ISABEL HILL�

�

native Montgomerian,�

filmmaker, and photographer�

Building Spaces�

�

More information coming soon for each of these events.

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Questions? Call us at 334-265-1473
or send us an email by clicking right HERE!

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Capitol Book & News

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Montgomery, Alabama 36106

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Feb 7, 2012 2:05 pm
Subject: Joshilyn Jackson & Doug Segrest at Capitol Books, Montgomery

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Join us for twice the fun this week!

�� JOSHILYN JACKSON

bestselling author of gods in Alabama

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty

Wednesday, February 8

12:00 - 1:30

�

Every fifteen years, trouble comes after the Slocumb women. Now, as their youngest turns fifteen, a long-hidden grave is unearthed in the backyard. Headstrong young Mosey Slocumb is determined to find out who used their yard as a make-shift cemetery, and why. What she learns could cost her family everything. As forty-five year old Ginny fights to protect Mosey from the truth, she's thrown back into the arms of the long-lost---and married---love of her life. Between them is Liza, silenced by a stroke, with the answers trapped inside her. To survive Liza's secrets and Mosey's insistent adventures, Ginny must learn to trust the love that braids the strands of their past---and stop at nothing to defend their future.

*****

Reading A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty feels a lot like falling in love: giddy and enthralling and a little bit dangerous... Book clubs take note, here's your next pick!"

- Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

Available in hardcover, $25.99�

�DOUG SEGREST

A Storm Came Up

Thursday, February 9

2:30 - 4:00

They grew up together, on the same street separated by a half-dozen homes, yet they lived a world apart. Braxton Freeman dreams of a good college education, blonde, blue-eyed girls and a safe, secure future. Moses Burks just wants to go somewhere else fast, to a place where he would no longer be judged by skin color. In the summer of 1963 in a small, East Alabama town, Brax Freeman and Moses Burks find themselves caught in a vicious crossfire - between George Wallace, the KKK, state troopers and memories of a grisly murder they witnessed as youths. Neither Brax, Moses nor the town of Takasaw will ever be the same.

Doug Segrest is a veteran Southern journalist and the winner of numerous sports writing awards with The Nashville Banner and The Birmingham News. He's also the co-host of the highly rated "The Zone" talk show. A native Montgomerian, he now lives in Shelby County, Alabama, where he balances fatherhood, work and coaching baseball.

Available in paperback, $18.32

�

�
Read more about these fine authors (and Stephanie McAfee, who'll be with us next week) in Allison Griffin's article from Sunday's Montgomery Advertiser by clicking on the link below.

"Tall tales and Southern stories"

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Feb 7, 2012 3:23 pm
Subject: ADAH Events & Updates for February 2012

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�� ADAH��2012�

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Open

Research Room

�Second Saturday

February 11�

8:30am - 4:30pm

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Closed�

State Holiday

Monday, February 20�

�

Museum Open

Saturdays��

8:30am - 4:30pm

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Don't miss -

Museum in the Mornings

Family Activities

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�

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�MONDAY,�FEBRUARY 27

�Love history? Enjoy children?

Want to share your excitement with others?

Then become an Archives docent!

�Alabama Department of Archives and History��

Docent Training

Monday, February 27, 2012

9:00am-3:00pm

�

For more information�or to reserve your place, please call or email by Friday, February 17, 2012. 334-353-4702 or Kelly.hoomes@...�

��

THURSDAY,�FEBRUARY 16�- NOON

�� ARCHITREATS: FOOD FOR THOUGHT HandsOnFrBook

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�� Hands on the Freedom Plow:��

�� Personal Accounts of Women in the Student

�� Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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��Presented by�Gwen Patton��

��More Information��

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - NOON�

�BOOK TALK & SIGNING

George C. Wallace,

The Man You Never Knew By

The Man Who Knew Him Best

�

Presented by George Wallace, Jr.�

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#3941

From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:26 pm
Subject: Ala. Arts Radio: Sulynn Creswell of Blackbelt Treasures in Camden

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Sulynn Creswell of�
Black Belt Treasures

This week Anne Kimzey, folklorist with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, interviews Sulynn Creswell, director of Black Belt Treasures in Camden, Alabama.� Creswell discusses the�efforts of Black Belt Treasures�to�showcase and promote the arts�of the Black Belt Region.

This special radio series will air every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:��

WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)�

This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#sulynn

If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@...

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Wed Feb 8, 2012 9:01 pm
Subject: AU Humanities: February News and Events

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February 8: [Engaged Scholar Speaker Series]�Angela Burque and "Braveheart." 5:30 pm, The Gnu's Room.

February 14: [Art at the Threshold Lectures Series]�"Political and Religious Aspects of Ritual Violence Among the Postclassic Maya in Northern Guatemala (AD 950-1524)," Dr. William Duncan, East Tennessee State University. 5:00 pm, Biggin Hall 005.

February 16: [Discover Auburn]�Aaron Trehub, "Building a Civil War Virtual Library: The ASERL Digitization Project."��3:00 pm, Special Collections and Archives Department, Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

February 17-18:�[Intersections and Meeting Grounds: Public History and Community]�A two-day symposium exploring the intersection of public history and community in the South, with a focus on Alabama.�Special Collections and Archives Department, Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:19 pm
Subject: Ala. Arts Radio: Dancer Jacqueline Crenshaw Lockart

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Jacqueline Crenshaw Lockhart

Performing Arts Program Manager Yvette Jones-Smedley interviews Jacqueline Crenshaw Lockhart.� Mrs Lockhart, founder and director of the J. Lockhart Performing Arts Institute is also Director of Dance and Adjunct Professor of Dance Jazz/Dance History/Pedagogy at Birmingham Southern College.� Jacqueline, trained with Nancy Owen, Donna Todd, Sonia Arova, Thor Sutowski, Ruth Henry, Mira Popovich and Stevan Grebel.� In this interview she talks about �her experience as a Fellowship recipient in Dance from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and shares �how the award impacted here career as a dancer a choreography and a teaching artist.� Some of her professional credits include Jomandi Theater Company, the Gary Harrison Dance Company and Atlanta Jazz Theater (to name a few). She danced and choreographed for the NBA Atlanta Hawks Dance Team, served as a dance instructor in several of Atlanta�s prominent performing arts schools and studios. She has choreographed and danced with national recording artists and labels such as Warner Bros., RCA and LaFace Records. Ms. Lockhart serves on the board of the Alabama Dance Council and has received numerous accolades, awards, and proclamations for her contributions to the community and tireless work in the arts.

This special radio series will air every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:��

WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)�

This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#lockhart

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:56 pm
Subject: Autauga Gen Society meets Sunday Feb. 19

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� 1. Autauga Gen Society meets Sunday Feb. 19 (Caroline)

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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:49:59 -0600
From: "Caroline" <Carolineh@...>
Subject: [ALDALLAS] Autauga Gen Society meets Sunday Feb. 19

The Autauga Genealogical Society will meet Sunday Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. at the new meeting location: 131 North Washington Street, across from St. Marks Episcopal Church and behind Prattville Primary School.

The program will be presented by Autauga County author, Nancy Goff, author of _One Arm Boy in a Two Arm World_.

Visitors are always welcome to attend the meetings.

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:33 pm
Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Making Sense of the Civil War

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To: Becoming Alabama (becoming-alabama@googlegroups.com) <becoming-alabama@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 7:55 am
Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Making Sense of the Civil War

The Alabama Humanities Foundation has partnered with public libraries in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery to develop a five-part reading and discussion program, �Making Sense of the Civil War.� Each session will be guided by a Civil War scholar. They will be joined by additional guests at a statewide launch of the program on Saturday, February 25, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery. For more information, visit http://www.ahf.net/newsroom/docs/Civil%20War%20Page.pdf.

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:22 pm
Subject: AU Library: CW Lecture 2/16 & Local Labor Union Exhibit

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FEBRUARY 16 LECTURE: BUILDING A CIVIL WAR VIRTUAL LIBRARY

Discover Auburn Lecture Series

BUILDING A CIVIL WAR VIRTUAL LIBRARY: �THE ASERL DIGITIZATION PROJECT �[ASERL=Assocation of Southeastern Research Libraries]

Aaron Trehub, Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services, Auburn University Libraries

LOCATION: �Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

DATE AND TIME: February 16 at 3 p.m.

Sponsored by: �Auburn University Libraries, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and Auburn University Bookstore

*******

LIBRARY EXHIBIT: �LOCAL LABOR UNION

� Currently on display in the Special Collections and Archives Department is an exhibit on a local labor union. �The exhibit, located in the two flat display cases immediately upon one's left when entering the department features photographs, memorabilia including clothing, and informative captions concerning United Steelworkers Local 753L. �The first display case also covers the U.S. Rubber Tire Plant (also known as Uniroyal Goodrich) in Opelika which closed in 2009; the second case profiles union leaders in Local 753L and strikes.

� The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the GROUND FLOOR of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

� See the "What's New" link ( http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/ ) as of February 10 for more information.

Tim Dodge
What's New Web Manager and Whatsnew-L Listserv Moderator

Tim Dodge
History and Political Science Subject Specialist
Reference Department
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell St.
Auburn University, AL 36849-5606

E-mail: �dodgeti@...
Tel. (334) 844-1729
Fax: �(334) 844-7751

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:43 pm
Subject: Call for Essays: Alabama Heritage

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From: H-NET List for Southern History [mailto:H-SOUTH@...] On Behalf Of I. Binnington
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:15 PM
To: H-SOUTH@...
Subject: CFP: Alabama Heritage

From: Rothman, Joshua <jrothman@...>
Date: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:07

Since the spring of 2011, in conjunction with the University of Alabama�s
Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South, Alabama Heritage
magazine has been dedicating a regular department to essays on southern
religion. I write in my capacity as editor of the department and Director
of the Summersell Center in the hopes that subscribers to H-South will
consider sharing some of their work with the readers of Alabama Heritage by
contributing pieces for publication. Essays should be roughly 1200 words in
length, targeted to a general audience, and grounded firmly in original
research. They should have some kind of explicit connection to Alabama, but
they need not be exclusively about Alabama and the general topic may be any
one of an author's choosing. Upon publication, authors will receive $120 in
compensation in addition to ten copies of the issue of Alabama Heritage in
which the essay appears.

If you are amenable to contributing an essay, please contact me off-list at
jrothman@.... I would be glad to discuss possible topics and any
other questions you might have. Moreover, if you know of any graduate
students, professional scholars, or other experts on southern religion who
might not subscribe to H-South but would be well placed to write essays,
sharing this announcement with them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance for your consideration.

--Joshua Rothman, University of Alabama, Department of History

--
Joshua Rothman
Associate Professor of History and African American Studies
Director, Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South
University of Alabama
http://scss.ua.edu
Office Phone 205.348.3818

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From: "Breedlove, Mike" <Mike.Breedlove@...>
Date: Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:39 pm
Subject: Autauga County Heritage Assn Welcomes Carol Highsmith and Connie Doebele - Sunday, February 19th (2 pm)

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AUTAUGA COUNTY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION WELCOMES

“AMERICA’S PHOTOGRAPHER” CAROL M. HIGHSMITH

Autauga County Heritage Association is proud to welcome Carol M. Highsmith and Connie Doebele (producer at C-Span for 25 years). Carol and Connie represent ThisisAmericaFoundation.org.

Carol Highsmith.png Carol M. Highsmith will be the guest speaker at the Autauga County Heritage Association’s General Membership Meeting, Sunday, February 19^th at 2:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce building (131 N. Court Street Prattville, AL 36067) in historic downtown Prattville.

Ms. Highsmith will be speaking on preservation in America, featuring past and current historic projects that include the Willard Hotel (Washington, DC), and the Pratt Gin Complex (Prattville, AL). This event is open to the public and those interested in supporting preservation and progress are welcome. Reception to follow.

Carol M. Highsmith is nationally known as “America’s Photographer.” The Carol M. Highsmith Collection at the Library of Congress is featured in the top six collections out of 14 million images in the Library’s Prints & Photographs archive (www.loc.gov/pictures), alongside the work of Civil War master photographer Mathew Brady, Depression and Dust Bowl photojournalist Dorothea Lange, and the Historic American Building Survey. Carol Highsmith was interviewed on C-Span in July 2011. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299632-1.

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Additionally, Carol Highsmith has begun a multi-year project that involves photographing 21st Century America for the Library of Congress, picking up where Lange left off during the WPA project of the 1930s. She began 21st Century America expeditions in 2010 in the state of Alabama and in Washington, D.C., with underwriting from New York businessman George F. Landegger. Each year, she plans to donate 10,000 images from these expeditions to the Library of Congress. http://www.21stcenturyalabama.com

Since 1976, the Autauga County Heritage Association has sought to preserve the unique history of Autauga County, and to make that history come alive. We are dedicated to supporting preservation and progress.

Help support Preservation & Progress www.autaugaheritage.org

JOIN ACHA TODAY! CLICK HERE to join or renew your membership!

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Rachel Deaile, Prattaugan Museum Director

Autauga County Heritage Association (ACHA) | Mailing Address: 102 E. Main Street - Prattville, AL 36067

Telephone: (334) 361-0961 | Fax: (334) 491-2961 | Tax ID #: 63-0825743
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Michael A. Breedlove

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History

624 Washington Avenue

Montgomery, AL 36130-0100

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:00 pm
Subject: ADAH: ArchiTreats Reminder Feb.16

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REMINDER

ArchiTreats: Food for Thought

NOON -�FEBRUARY 16, 2012

�

Hands On The Freedom Plow:

Personal Accounts of Women

In The Student Nonviolent

Coordinating Committee

Presented by�Gwen Patton

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�More Information

�Please note...

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624 Washington Avenue

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0100�

www.archives.alabama.gov

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:08 pm
Subject: Civil Rights Activists and Author at BPL Feb. 23

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Civil Rights Activists and Author at BPL

Nationally known children�s author Cynthia Levinson will speak and sign copies of her new book�We�ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children�s March�(Peachtree Publishers, 2012) at the�Central Library, Thursday, February 23, at 6:30 p.m. In her book, written for young readers age ten and up, Levinson tells the story of four young civil rights activists who took part in the Birmingham demonstrations. Three of those activists, James W. Stewart (age 15 in 1963), Arnetta Streeter (age 16 in 1962), and Washington Booker III (age 14 in 1963), will join the author to share their memories.�

Cynthia Levinson joins a long list of hundreds of authors who have researched books in the collections of the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) Archives. These authors spend hours, months, or even years working closely with Archives staff. Reflecting on her research, Levinson says, �The book would not have been so comprehensive or revealing without the expertise of the library staff. In addition to providing excellent photographs from the library's collection and background information on �Bull� Connor, the Archives team led me to resources providing answers on confounding but essential issues. Dr. King's mission was to �fill the jails.� But, what did that mean? Nowhere could I find data on the number of jail cells in Birmingham in 1963. The BPL collection included a report from the American Civil Liberties Union that pinpointed the figure. That, combined with arrest records available from other sources, dramatically conveyed the inability of adults to �fill the jails� in April 1963 and the need to turn to children."�

Critics are raving about�We�ve Got a Job. This past Sunday, the�New York Times Book Review�said, �This extensively researched account of the Birmingham Children�s March is enriched by Levinson�s in-depth interviews with dozens of its students and by its intimate focus on four of those children. Black and white photos and excerpts from documents of the time round out this riveting, significant work of nonfiction.� The�Kirkus Review�describes�We�ve Got a Job�as �A moving account of young people rising at a pivotal historical moment� and�School Library Journal�calls it �Amazing.��

Copies of�We�ve Got a Job�will be available for purchase and signing ($15.00). The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Jim Baggett,�jbaggett@...�or 205-226-3631.

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From: "A.J. Wright" <wrightaj21@...>
Date: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:34 pm
Subject: [Ala. author] Isabel Hill brings her new book to Capitol Book & News this weekend.

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Join us as we welcome Isabel Hill back
to the River Region!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

11:30 - 1:00

Capitol Book & News
1140 E. Fairview Avenue

in the heart of Montgomery's historic Old Cloverdale

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Isabel grew up in Millbrook, attended the Montgomery Academy, and is still connected to some of her classmates from her 9 years there. Although she now lives in New York City with her daughter, Anna, and dog Otis, she is deeply rooted here in Alabama. She enjoys coming home to visit cousins and friends and also to serve on the board of a not for profit entity known as the Alabama Wildlife Federation Isabel and Wiley Hill Conservation Education Center.

Isabel never imagined living and working in New York City but she loves it! She is an urban planner, documentary filmmaker, and most recently a children's book author.��

In 2009 Isabel Hill's book Urban Animals, which celebrated the use of whimsical animals as architectural details in New York City, took the bookstore by storm.

Isabel has once again combined her love of history and architecture with her passion to introduce young people to the beauty that can be found in our "built environment." We are pleased to offer her latest book, Building Stories, and doubly pleased that she'll be here with us to see her friends, fans, and family.

The photographs that are part of Building Stories are currently on exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library. Their website, found HERE, features a wonderful interview with Isabel.

We also encourage you to visit her website to see what she's been up to all these years since her migration north.

Both of these books are perfect for sharing with children, and would be even more special if followed by a walk around our own historic neighborhoods in a hunt for what makes our city so architecturally special.

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Building Stories

Hardcover, $17.95

Paperback, $7.95

Urban Animals

Hardcover,$17.95

Paperback, $7.95

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We are happy to have Isabel sign copies of either (or both) of these books for you if you cannot come. We'll even giftwrap (free) and ship ($5) anywhere in the continental U.S.

Call us at 334-265-1473, or send us an email with your order.

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Date: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:03 pm
Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Creek War Commemoration in Lowndesboro

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Subject: [Becoming Alabama] Creek War Commemoration in Lowndesboro

In the Footprints of the Creeks: A Three-Part Lecture Series Commemorating The Creek War in Alabama

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Historic CME Church, Lowndesboro, AL

6:30 PM

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March 15 � Dr. Kathryn Braund, �The Red Stick War�

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April 5 � Dr. Gregory Waselkov, �The Story of Fort Mims, Manack Tavern, and the Battle of Holy Ground�

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May 3 � Daniel Fate Brooks, �Portraits of Native Sons, Images from the Creek War�

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For more information, visit http://www.townoflowndesboro.org/Events.html

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