Author Index - K

K : 21 Authors Found

J. Raymond Kessler

Greenhouse and Floral Production in Alabama
Greenhouse production in Alabama began during the first half of the twentieth century by individuals...

Barclay Key

Alabama Coalition for Equity
The Alabama Coalition for Equity (ACE) is a nonprofit corporation that formed in early 1990 to force...

Fred Gray
Fred Gray (1930- ) is a prominent Alabama civil rights attorney whose clients have included Martin Luther...

Jessica Fordham Kidd

Herman Blount (Sun Ra)
Herman Blount (1914-1993), who later became known as Sun Ra, was a Birmingham native and visionary musician...

Caves
Alabama is home to a wealth of caves. In fact, northeast Alabama is considered a cave "hotspot" in the...

Russell Cave
Russell Cave is located in northeast Alabama near the town of Bridgeport in Jackson County. It is a significant...

Michael Tuomey
Michael Tuomey (1805-1857) was Alabama's first state geologist, and his appointment to the position...

David T. King Jr.

 Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis 
 Appalachiosaurus mont gomeriensis  was a small tyrannosaurid dinosaur that was indigenous to...

Wetumpka Crater
About 83 million years ago, a cosmic object (an asteroid or comet estimated to have been about 1,250...

Pam Kingsbury

Rick Bragg
Rick Bragg (1959- ) is a noted journalist and writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for...

Fannie Flagg
Fannie Flagg (1944- ) is an actress, comedienne, producer, and bestselling author whose fiction focuses...

Eugene Walter
Eugene Ferdinand Walter Jr. (1921-1998) was a writer, editor, set and costume designer, musician, and...

Scotty E. Kirkland

Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO)
The Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) was an important component of Mobile's economy...

Boswell Amendment
The Boswell Amendment was a short-lived amendment to the Alabama Constitution, enacted in 1946, that...

Joe Cain
Joe Cain (1832-1904) is regarded as the founder of Mobile's modern-day Mardi Gras celebration. In...

Dothan
Established in 1885, Dothan is a center of industry and commerce in Alabama's Wiregrass region in...

Joseph Langan
Joseph N. Langan (1912-2004) was a longtime Mobile politician. As a state senator, he worked for voting...

John LeFlore
Mobile native John L. LeFlore's (1903-1976) career as a community leader and civil rights activist...

Mobile
Founded by the French in 1702, Mobile is Alabama's oldest city and a major port facility for the...

Mobile's Mardi Gras
Mobile's Mardi Gras celebration was the first in America and remains an important part of Alabama's...

Neighborhood Organized Workers of Mobile (NOW)
The Neighborhood Organized Workers (NOW) was a civil and economic rights organization founded in Mobile...

Port of Mobile
Situated between the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico, Mobile's...

 The Southern Courier 
The Southern Courier was an Alabama-based newspaper established in 1964 by journalism students from Massachusetts...

University of South Alabama (USA)
A former extension campus of the University of Alabama, the University of South Alabama (USA) was established...

Waterman Steamship Corporation
The Waterman Steamship Corporation was established in Mobile in 1919 and grew into one of the nation's...

Eve Engle Kneeland

Frank L. Engle
Frank L. Engle (1916-2002) was an internationally known sculptor, designer, painter, glass artisan, ceramicist,...

Stephen Knowlton

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

Joel Kobzeff

Daniel Wallace
Daniel Wallace (1959- ) is an author who is best known for his novel Big Fish (1998), a national bestseller...

David C. Kopaska-Merkel

Fossils
Alabama has a stunning diversity of fossils, ranging from tiny microfossils to giant prehistoric whales....

Jurassic Period
The Jurassic Period (roughly 200 million years ago to 146 million years ago) is the middle part of the...

Stephen C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site
The Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site in Walker County is the most prolific source of vertebrate...