US House passes legislation to create Black Belt National Heritage Area—what this means
Exciting news for Alabama's Black Belt region! 👏
#BhamAL #CP
Category Alabama History
Decatur’s Old State Bank celebrates 189th Anniversary on July 29
Decatur's Old State Bank—the oldest bank building in Alabama—is turning 189 years old this Friday 🥳
#Decatur #Alabama #OldStateBank #DecaturAL #NW
5 Alabama HBCUs granted $2.5M from the National Park Service
$2.5 MILLION going to these five HBCUs 👏
#HBCU #CP
NEW: An incredible 82 million year-old dinosaur egg is now on display at Auburn University
🐣 ICYMI: an 82 million year-old dinosaur egg—the most complete dinosaur specimen ever found in the eastern US—is now on display at Auburn University. 👏🏽
#dinosaur #theropod #AuburnUniversity #paleontology #SMS
Africatown, AL places on Smithsonian Magazine’s 15 Best Small Towns to Visit
Africatown, AL was featured in Smithsonian Magazine's best small town list. Read more to find out why!
#africatown #history #smalltown #cew
Selma will be home to the first remote air traffic control center in the US—learn more
Exciting news for the this historic Air Force base in Alabama ✈️ 🚨
#SelmaAL #Alabama #CP
Main Street Alabama adds 4 new cities to its Designated Communities list
MAIN STREET: Is your hometown included in this list?
#mainstreetalabama #alabamatowns #alabamacities #bama #alabama #revital #projects #sg
New book from civil rights lawyer Fred Gray tells the story of Alabama v. King
ALABAMA HISTORY: Will you be reading this new book?
#bamahistory #alabamahistory #mlk #drking #montgomerybusboycott #civilrights #gray #sg
These 15 Alabama towns named most charming + 5 of them we love
🏡 Most charming small towns: Alabama edition. Do you agree?
#summertravel #alabamatravel #bamatowns #countryliving #smalltownsalabama #gulfshores #mentoneAL #fairehopeAL #southernliving #opelika #SG
$3.6M+ awarded to 11 historic Civil Rights sites in Alabama from the National Parks Service
The funding will help preserve important Civil Rights sites in Alabama, including St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Birmingham and the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma.
#AlabamaHistory #AlabamaCivilRights #NW
