Author Index - R

R : 28 Authors Found

Ford Risley

Civil War Journalism in Alabama
By the time of the Civil War, newspapers in Alabama had come to occupy an important role as providers...

David M. Robb

Zachariah Cox
As a surveyor and land speculator, Zachariah Cox (ca. 1765-1838) played a short-lived but major role...

Historic Origins of Alabama's Boundaries
Alabama's complex boundaries reflect the rich history of the state. Diverse events from 1663 to...

Frances Osborn Robb

Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was a talented actress and comedian, a popular public personality, and...

Denson Brothers
Seaborn McDaniel Denson (1854-1936) and Thomas Jackson Denson (1863-1935) were born in Arbacoochee in...

Mary Morgan Keipp
Mary Morgan Keipp (1875-1961), a native of Selma, Dallas County, was an important figure in the art photography...

Olan Mills Studios in Alabama
Olan Mills Inc., was established in Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County, by Olan and Mary Stephenson Mills...

Kathryn Tucker Windham
Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918-2011) is best known for her series of ghost story collections, beginning...

Charles Kenneth Roberts

Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama or Clarence Fountain and the...

James G. "Jim" Clark Jr.
James G. "Jim" Clark Jr. (1922–2007) was the sheriff of Dallas County from 1955 to 1966. He, along...

Carl Elliott
Carl Atwood Elliott (1913-1999) was an attorney and a seven-term congressman who lived most of his life...

Office of the Governor
The governor of Alabama is the head of the executive branch of the state government. The governor can...

 Patterson v. Alabama 
 Patterson v. Alabama  (294 U.S. 600) was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision resulting from the controversial...

Janet Roberts

Cotton
Cotton, perhaps more than anything else, was the driving economic force in the creation of Alabama. The...

Ben P. Robertson

Jay Higginbotham
Prieur Jay Higginbotham (1937- ) is an author, historian, and activist whose major accomplishments include...

Lewis Sewall
Lewis Sewall (1760-1833) was a minor government functionary in the early nineteenth century in the section...

Jontyle Theresa Robinson

Legacy Museum of Tuskegee University
The Legacy Museum, housed at Tuskegee University (a national historic site) in Tuskegee, Macon County...

Robert J. Robinson

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

Stuart Rockoff

Montgomery's Jewish Community
The Jewish community of Montgomery arose several decades after the city's founding in 1819. By...

Donn Rodekohr

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