Author Index - B

B : 83 Authors Found

Ben Berntson

Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) is the nation's oldest and largest saltwater fishing...

Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, founded in 1989, is located in Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, near the white...

Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHOF)
Founded in Birmingham in 1978, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHOF) celebrates the state's jazz...

Alabama Symphony Orchestra (ASO)
As the state's only full-time professional orchestra, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (ASO) enriches...

Anniston Museum of Natural History
The Anniston Museum of Natural History in Anniston, Calhoun County, is home to displays that range from...

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Birmingham contains the largest motorcycle collection in the...

Bass Anglers Sportsman's Society (B.A.S.S.)
The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.), the world's largest fishing organization, has transformed...

Bellingrath Gardens and Home
Bellingrath Gardens and Home is a 65-acre park containing public gardens and a house museum near Theodore,...

Boll Weevil Monument
The only memorial honoring an insect, the Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Coffee County, stands as...

Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College
Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College, is a private post-secondary culinary school located...

Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Estuarium (DISL)
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is a marine research, policy, and education center located on the east...

Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm (1972- ) was perhaps the world's greatest female soccer player of her era, scoring more...

International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum (IMHOF)
The International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF) is both National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing...

McWane Science Center
The McWane Science Center, located in the historic building of the former Loveman's department store...

Old Alabama Town
Old Alabama Town is an outdoor museum that focuses on life in central Alabama during the nineteenth and...

Railroad Bill
The legend of Railroad Bill arose in the winter of 1895, along the Louisville and Nashville (L&N)...

Rickwood Field
Birmingham's Rickwood Field is the nation's oldest operating ballpark and served as the home...

Rosenbaum House Museum
The Rosenbaum House in Florence, Lauderdale County, is the only dwelling in Alabama designed by American...

The Commodores
The funk and soul band the Commodores emerged from Tuskegee Institute (present-day Tuskegee University...

Unclaimed Baggage Center (UBC)
The Unclaimed Baggage Center (UBC) in Scottsboro, Jackson County, is the only business in the nation...

Vulcan Statue and Vulcan Park
The statue of Vulcan looks down over the city of Birmingham from a height of almost 600 feet, watching...

Rickey D. Best

William Garrott Brown
A native of Marion, Perry County, William Garrott Brown (1868-1913) was a historian and essayist during...

Joyce Bigbee

Alabama Legislative Fiscal Office
Located in Montgomery, the Alabama Legislative Fiscal Office is the state governmental agency that provides...

Lindy Biggs

Fred Allison
Fred C. Allison (1882-1974) is best known for his research on the effect of applied magnetic fields on...

Anne Bissonnette

Charles Kleibacker
Fashion designer, curator, and educator Charles Kleibacker (1921-2010) was renowned for his work in fashion...

Wade Black

Alabama Filmmakers Co-op
Founded in 1976 by a small group of filmmakers and film supporters in north Alabama, the Alabama Filmmakers...

Birmingham Pledge
The Birmingham Pledge is a statement of principles at the heart of a grassroots effort, started in Birmingham...

Bob Blalock

 Birmingham News Series on Tax Reform
When editorial writers for the  Bi rmingham  News...

Rafe Blaufarb

Vine and Olive Colony
The Vine and Olive Colony was an early settlement of French expatriates located near present-day Demopolis...

Brooks Blevins

Beef Cattle Industry
Alabama's modern cattle industry is one of the pillars of agriculture in the state. Since the introduction...

John H. Blitz

Mississippian Period
The Mississippian period (AD 1000-1550) marked a new way of life for Native Americans in what is now...

Moundville Archaeological Park
Moundville Archaeological Park contains the remains of one of the largest prehistoric Native American...