We connect Alabamians to impactful storytelling, lifelong learning, and civic engagement. We believe the humanities can make Alabama better. #ALhumanities
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Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
StoryCorps is in Selma-- looking to hear your stories & special memories! Come have a conversation recorded while the tour is in town through Feb. 7: apr.org/storycorps-selma. Local support by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities. Photos from Ryan Dorgan & Matt Orndorff.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
As executive director of the @ALHumanities, Chuck Homes brings storytelling to Alabama. Through initiatives like Healing History, Holmes uses the humanities to spark conversations, build empathy, and deepen understanding across the state. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdzmxb5p
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Thank you to the @ALHumanities for honoring me as a 2024 Fellow. @randallwoodfin dropped by, as did an old co-worker, with the honor presented to me by a woman doing amazing things in central Alabama with youth literacy, Devon Frazier (@dsfraz9), CEO of @iseemeinc.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Record & preserve your family’s stories & community’s history with us! They might end up at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to Selma Jan 9 to Feb 7. Details: apr.org/storycorps-selma! Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Record & preserve your family’s stories & community’s history with us! They might end up at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to Selma Jan 9 to Feb 7. Details: apr.org/storycorps-selma! Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Listen to this week's @180099native featuring Native American recipients of the 2022-2023 National Humanities Medal and @NEHchair Lowe discussing their work and efforts to promote the humanities: ow.ly/eSA850TXsf5
#ArtsHumanitiesMedals
ALT A photograph of five Native and Alaskan Native people wearing traditional outfits. One man and three women wear medals around their necks with red ribbon.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Samantha Barbas explains how the landmark Supreme Court ruling New York Times Co. v. Sullivan was a product of the Civil Rights Movement. Read about the connections between this crucial ruling for the freedom of the press and Alabama civil rights activity. tinyurl.com/mr3mv48w
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Get your tickets today for Rick Bragg and @roywoodjr in conversation at the Alys Stephens Center!
Info and tickets here: alabamahumanities.org/honors…
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
NEH’s Summer Stipends program supports individuals pursuing advanced research of value to #humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
Apply by September 18: neh.gov/grants/research/summ…
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Alabama History Day Coordinator Dr. Idrissa Snider, from @ALHumanities, was recently featured on the Alabama History Podcast to talk about NHD and its impact on students in Alabama! Listen now to this great conversation: on.soundcloud.com/HmVXHZhWJ3…
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Our Spotlight program supports the exploration and development of small projects that would benefit underserved populations through the teaching and study of the humanities at small and medium-sized colleges and universities.
ALT Image of an old-fashioned filament lightbulb glowing warmly against a blurred background in black and brown tones, overlaid with the words: “Spotlight on the Humanities in Higher Education” in art deco style fonts, with the NEH logo in the bottom right corner and the program email address ([email protected]) in the bottom left corner. Photograph by Wilson Vitorino.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Our professional development workshop in Montgomery, Alabama, was a success! Sponsored by @BezosFoundation, NHD and @ALHumanities engaged over 30 teachers to help them become more effective history educators. Learn more here: wsfa.com/video/2024/07/24/te…
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
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Go to NPR now and listen to “Road to Rickwood”
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
On or around #Juneteenth, 1934, Becky Elzy and Alberta Bradford sang 10 spirituals for American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, who recorded them. Both women had been born in slavery and emancipated after the Civil War. One of the songs they sang that day was "Free at Last." 🧵
ALT Alberta Bradford (left) and Becky Elzy (right) were from Iberia Parish, Louisiana. They sang over 100 spirituals for E. A. McIlhenny and 10 for Alan Lomax. Courtesy E. A. McIlhenny Collection, Avery Island Archives, Avery Island, Louisiana.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
A beautiful park with beautiful stories listen to all four episodes of Road to Rickwood wherever you get podcast
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Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
In just a couple of weeks, Rickwood Field welcomes MLB to Birmingham! Starting June 17, get ready for a historic week of events.
Visit mlb.com/events/rickwood for details and more.
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE for NEH Cultural & Community Resilience grants! Now due May 28, 2024, 11:59pm ET because Grants.gov will be down for maintenance May 18, 12:01am–May 21, 6:00am. Visit bit.ly/DPA_CCR & bit.ly/ApplicantTips. #PresAccessFunded
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
Via @rchapoco: The Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery plans to open the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park to the public by the end of the month. The site uses art and artifacts to show the brutality of slavery and the courage of its victims. alabamareflector.com/2024/03… #alpolitics
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
A new #NEHgrant will fund a two-year initiative @csunorthridge to transcribe archival materials documenting the experiences of people of color within the surrounding community from the 18th to 20th centuries: neh.gov/news/neh-announces-3…
Alabama Humanities Alliance retweeted
OK, OK. We'll admit it. The 1843 first edition of "A Christmas Carol" (of which the Library has 3 copies!) is the quintessential version of the story. (But "The Muppet Christmas Carol" is a close second!) Stephanie Stillo, chief of the Rare Book Division, gives us a closer look.