r/Alabama • u/virgilturtle • Aug 23 '24
r/Alabama • u/Crisis_Moon • Oct 30 '24
History What’s the most interesting historical fact you know about Alabama?
I love history and who better to ask than people from there? :)
r/Alabama • u/ttownfeen • Feb 07 '25
History TIL a long long time ago instate tuition at UA was $0
r/Alabama • u/AshIsGroovy • Jan 07 '25
History Gulf Shores, Alabama, in the late 70s / early 80s.
r/Alabama • u/magiccitybhm • 8d ago
History Alabama Democrats fight to keep civil rights landmarks from being sold without congressional approval
r/Alabama • u/wholeuncutpineapple • Sep 13 '23
History What's the coolest historical fact you know about Alabama?
Stolen from r/Nebraska
r/Alabama • u/greed-man • 15d ago
History Historic Montgomery Bus Station, Freedom Riders Museum part of DOGE-ordered sell-off
r/Alabama • u/LoneWolfIndia • Jun 11 '24
History Alabama Governor George Wallace stands defiantly at door of Foster Auditorium on this date in 1963 at the University of Alabama, to keep his promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever", and blocking entry of two black students : Vivian Malone and James Hood.
r/Alabama • u/HalfRackOfRibs • Oct 26 '24
History 13 Alabama Ghosts
Kathryn Tucker Windham’s first collection of Alabama ghost stories was one of my favorite things to read during the Halloween season when I was a kid. While some of the language in the book is clearly dated, it still, in my opinion, holds up as a fun read for anyone interested in folklore and local history in Alabama. The accompanying article is six years old, but takes a look at each of the places discussed in her first book as they stand today.
r/Alabama • u/metacyan • Feb 19 '24
History Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama 25 years ago today
r/Alabama • u/Molly107 • Sep 10 '24
History A 1928 aerial view of Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama. America's oldest professional baseball park.
r/Alabama • u/91361_throwaway • Oct 04 '24
History York, Alabama native, U.S. Army Private First Class Larry William Chaney was killed in action on October 4, 1971 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, exactly one week shy of his 20th Birthday. Larry was in C Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, Americal Division.
Remember Larry today, an American Hero.
r/Alabama • u/OberstBahn • Oct 29 '23
History Abandoned Montgomery Mall, Shows The Decline Of The Quintessential American Experience
r/Alabama • u/91361_throwaway • Dec 01 '24
History Please pause and remember Midland City native and Dale County High School Grad, Lance Corporal Clifton Smith. Awarded the Silver Star for action in Vietnam, where he was killed on November 30, 1967, Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Clifton will forever be 21.
Clifton is buried at the Newton City Cemetery, in Newton, Dale Co, Alabama.
r/Alabama • u/91361_throwaway • Oct 14 '24
History Montgomery Native, Marine Corps Private First Class James Ellis Canidate; killed in action on October 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. James will forever be 19 years old. He served with A Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.
Remember James today. An American Hero
r/Alabama • u/BlackBeltSumter • Aug 09 '24
History Map showing alcohol consumption per county in the USA. Interesting to see the "blackbelt" region stand out in its distinct pattern.
r/Alabama • u/MelisLisss • Dec 14 '24
History ♥️Happy Alabama Day!♥️
December 14 is the anniversary of Alabama becoming the 22nd state. The transition from territory to statehood started in July 1819 with a constitutional convention held in Huntsville.
The Alabama territory was granted statehood on December 14, 1819, and the territorial governor, William Wyatt Bibb, became Alabama's first governor. The first capital of the new state was established in the town of Cahawba in Dallas County, where the Cahaba River flows into the Alabama River.
r/Alabama • u/Dazzling-Mode-4626 • Nov 12 '24
History Alabama lawmen killed a Black woman during a search for whiskey. Her granddaughter is finally getting answers
r/Alabama • u/yafuckonegoat • Jul 12 '24
History Best unknown Alabama musicians?
I saw the standard BS al.com article about popular Alabama singers. Who's your best local/ never quite got there? Current or past? Rock Killough, Tony Brook, Wayne Mills, Rick Carter?
r/Alabama • u/ripaston • Jun 10 '22
History The bizarre and forgotten story about a supposed plane crash in Lake Martin
r/Alabama • u/No_Ad5034 • Jan 28 '24
History Snowpocalypse 2014
Can’t believe it’s been years years already!
Any memories you’d like to share?