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No monkeying around: Preservation campaign launches at Huntsville bar 

Mike Easterling -
HUNTSVILLE – The City of Huntsville is holding a downtown hotel rooftop ceremony Thursday morning in advance of May's Historic Preservation Month and the...

Mint opening sales of Alabama American Innovation Coin featuring Saturn V

Mike Easterling -
WASHINGTON – An American Innovation $1 Coin will have a familiar design not only for residents of Huntsville but also for visitors passing through...

Iconic rockets are returning to Space & Rocket Center’s Rocket Park

Bud McLaughlin -
HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is heading back to the future with its eye on space history.  After a six-year absence, the...

Where I Bloom: 1818 Farms unveils 50-state floral collection

Bud McLaughlin -
MOORESVILLE -- Needless to say, things are blooming at 1818 Farms in historic Mooresville. The lush flower farm in the historic town, renowned for creating...

Scottsboro Boys Museum in Decatur depicts historic moments in civil rights history

Decatur Morgan County Tourism -
DECATUR -- In March 1931, nine Black youths traveled on a Southern Railway train from Memphis. Crossing into Alabama, a vicious fight broke out...

Bobbleheads step up to the plate to salute Negro Leagues

Bud McLaughlin -
HUNTSVILLE -- Satchel Paige. Josh Gibson. Cool Papa Bell. Jackie Robinson. These names are legendary in baseball through their accomplishments in the Negro Leagues. Now, thanks...

Poet laureate keynotes UAH Black History Month celebration

Ann Marie Martin -
HUNTSVILLE – Alabama's poet laureate will be a keynote speaker as the University of Alabama in Huntsville celebrates Black History Month with three events...

Praising Harold Franklin’s legacy, Auburn commemorates 60 years of integration

Amy Weaver -
AUBURN — The Samford Hall bell tolled precisely 10 times at 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 4. The moment may have confused those not aware of...

UAH honors legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at event featuring Lisa McNair

Ann Marie Martin -
HUNTSVILLE – Lisa McNair, sister of one of the four little girls killed in the 1963 bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,...

Huntsville celebrates Rosa Parks Day – few other states mark Dec. 1 for recognition

Mike Easterling -
HUNTSVILLE – Over the years, the Rosa Parks bus has become a symbol of the fight for equal rights. It has been fully restored...
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