Author Index - H

H : 57 Authors Found

Charles L. Hughes

George "Wild Child" Butler
A product of the "Great Migration," George "Wild Child" Butler (1936-2005) left his native Alabama for...

Bo McGee
Bo McGee (1928-2002) was a blues performer, songwriter, and harmonica player. Never as well-known as...

Wilson Pickett
Singer Wilson Pickett (1941-2006) was renowned as an energetic and intense performer. He gained international...

Horace Huntley

International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers in Alabama
The International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (Mine Mill) represented an experiment in interracial...

Elliott S. Hurwitt

William "W. C." Handy
A native of Florence, Lauderdale County, W. C. Handy (1873-1958) was a songwriter, arranger, music publisher,...

Daniel Hutchinson

World War II POW Camps in Alabama
During World War II, the state of Alabama was home to approximately 16,000 German prisoners of war (POWs)...

Tara Hutchinson

Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
Founded in 1939, the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) provides services related to economic...

Keith S. Hébert

Battle of Ebenezer Church
The Battle of Ebenezer Church, which took place on April 1, 1865, was an engagement in the American ...

Battle of Selma
The Battle of Selma, which took place on April 2, 1865, was fought during the American Civil War (1861-1865)....

Bo Jackson
Few individuals in the history of American sport have possessed greater athletic ability than Alabama...

Ku Klux Klan in Alabama during the Reconstruction Era
The Ku Klux Klan was a secretive and violent organized group that first appeared in Alabama during Reconstruction...

Ku Klux Klan in Alabama from 1915-1930
The Ku Klux Klan first appeared in Alabama following the Civil War, when many Confederate veterans and...

Modern Ku Klux Klan in Alabama
The modern Ku Klux Klan, originally founded in 1867 during Reconstruction, is a white supremacist organization...

Gary Thomas Rowe Jr.
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. (1933-1998) is one of the most controversial figures of the civil rights movement...

Emma Sansom (Johnson)
Emma Sansom (1847-1900) is remembered in Alabama as a heroine for aiding Confederate general Nathan Bedford...

Slavery
Slavery existed in Alabama even before it became a state. Beginning in the territorial period in the...

Streight's Raid
Streight's Raid, a Civil War campaign conducted by Union colonel Abel D. Streight from April 19...

Wilson's Raid
Wilson's Raid, conducted by Union general James H. Wilson from March 22, 1865, to mid-April 1865,...

Rebecca Lapczynski Hébert

Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH)
The Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), founded in 1901, was the nation's first publicly...

Marie Bankhead Owen
Marie Bankhead Owen (1869-1958) served for 35 years as director of the Alabama Department of Archives...