Author Index - B

B : 83 Authors Found

Joey Brackner

Alabama Center for Traditional Culture (ACTC)
The Alabama Center for Traditional Culture (ACTC) was created in 1990 by the Alabama State Council on...

Decoration Day
Decoration Day is an annual observance at many privately owned southern graveyards during which families...

Folk Pottery of Alabama
Up until the early twentieth century, hundreds of folk potters worked throughout the state of Alabama...

Miller's Pottery
Miller's Pottery is one of the few remaining traditional potteries in the United States. The pots...

Eve Brantley

Water Resources in Alabama
Freshwater is one of Alabama's greatest assets. The state's many rivers and streams and abundant...

Kathryn E. Holland Braund

James Adair
James Adair (ca. 1709-ca. 1775) authored what is arguably the most significant eighteenth-century work...

Battle of Holy Ground
The Battle of Holy Ground, which took place on December 23, 1813, was a major battle in Creek War of...

Creek War of 1813-14
The Creek War of 1813-14 began as a civil war, largely centered among the Upper Creeks, whose towns were...

Bernard Romans
Surveyor, artist, naturalist, and author Bernard Romans (ca. 1720-ca. 1783) recorded Alabama's coastline...

William Weatherford
William Weatherford (ca. 1781-1824), arguably the best known Red Stick war leader in the Creek War of...

Michael A. Breedlove

Thomas E. Kilby (1919-23)
Perhaps remembered most for having his name placed on an Alabama prison, Thomas Kilby (1865-1943) was...

Donald Comer
Donald Comer (1877-1963) was long-time president and chairman of the board of Avondale Mills, operated...

Albert P. Brewer

Home Rule
Home Rule is the power and authority of local governments to run their own affairs. In Alabama, the grant...

Barbara Broach

W. C. Handy Birthplace, Museum, and Library
The W. C. Handy Birthplace, Museum and Library, in Florence, Lauderdale County, was established to celebrate...

Daniel Fate Brooks

William Rufus King
Politician, statesman, and U.S. vice president William Rufus King (1786-1853) was a complex figure who...

F. Erik Brooks

Alabama State University (ASU)
Alabama State University (ASU) is a historically black university located in Montgomery. In its early...

Richard Arrington Jr.
Richard Arrington Jr. (1934- ) was the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Jefferson County,...

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery is one of the most recognized churches in...

John Lewis
Pike County native John Lewis (1940- ) is a Democratic Congressman of the Fifth Congressional District...

E. D. Nixon
E. D. Nixon (1899-1987) was a long-time leader of the civil rights movement in Alabama. He worked tirelessly...

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Located in Birmingham, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was the first house of worship for African...

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
In January 1957, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and a group of African American clergymen...

Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) is probably best known as the founder of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial...

Glen Browder

Office of the Secretary of State
Dating from before statehood to 1818, the office of the Alabama Secretary of State is relatively unknown,...

Kitty Rogers Brown

Oscar William Adams Jr.
Oscar William Adams Jr. (1925-1997) was the first African American Supreme Court Justice appointed in...