HUNTSVILLE — “Every challenge you face is really just an opportunity.” This is the mindset of Huntsville City Schools’ newly minted Superintendent Dr. Clarence Sutton Jr. It defines his mode […]

In the modern world of instant gratification, obsession with appearances, and the “look at me!” attitude, there are few young people who do good solely for the sake of doing […]

Huntsville is “The Rocket City” due to Dr. Wernher von Braun’s work here. But why Huntsville? And who came up with the nickname? The truth is, we narrowly missed the […]

Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State. But why? Well, there’s the yellowhammer bird, which is our state bird. If you ask an ornithologist, the bird is actually a “Northern Flicker.” […]

If you paid attention in history class, you know the name “Dred Scott.” But even if you got an A+, you likely didn’t learn the full story. Where was he […]

The Huntsville legal and political arenas have many women in important positions. But, as you would expect, it wasn’t always like that. With it now being Women’s History Month, it’s […]

Huntsville has a long history, going back well over 200 years. Most Huntsvillians know that John Hunt, the first settler of the Big Spring area, is the city’s namesake. However, […]

I’m a self-professed history nerd, but I knew little about my hometown’s wealth of Black history until I decided to write this piece. Being a follower of Huntsville Revisited’s Facebook […]