History Archives - Page 5 of 10

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

Bud McLaughlin - March 27, 2024

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 - March 9, 2024

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 - February 24, 2024

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 - February 11, 2024

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 - February 9, 2024

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 - January 14, 2024

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 - January 6, 2024

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 - December 1, 2023

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

Huntsville Transit offering free rides in observance of Rosa Parks Day

Mike Easterling - November 30, 2023

HUNTSVILLE – Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in the Alabama state capitol on the first day of December...

National Registry of Historical Places adds Huntsville’s Glenwood Cemetery

Mike Easterling - November 21, 2023

HUNTSVILLE – Nearly hidden to passersby, with one corner practically underneath a part of I-565 where homeless camps have popped at times near downtown,...

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