Author Index - W
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W : 48 Authors Found
B. Dwain Waldrep
J. J. D. Renfroe
J. J. D. Renfroe (1830-1888), a mostly self-educated Southern Baptist minister, rose to prominence in...
Southeastern Bible College
Southeastern Bible College (SBC) is a four-year, nondenominational, evangelical institution located just...
Sue Brannan Walker
Edward O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (1929- )—naturalist, environmentalist, ecologist, entomologist, humanist—is...
Jennifer Walker-Journey
National Peanut Festival
The National Peanut Festival, held each fall in Dothan, Houston County, celebrates the harvest season...
W. Jason Wallace
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an international broadcasting corporation that provides...
Mother Angelica
Mother Angelica (1923- ), a Franciscan nun, is the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN),...
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) was founded on December 4, 1973, in Birmingham, after 260 congregations...
Gail Waller
Idora McClellan Moore
Idora McClellan Moore (1843-1929) was a founding member of the Alabama Writers' Conclave; she published...
Jeff Wanser
Erskine Hawkins
Musician and Birmingham native Erskine Hawkins (1914-1993) was a prominent African American trumpeter,...
Thomas J. Ward Jr.
Black Hospital Movement in Alabama
In Alabama, as in the rest of the segregated Jim Crow South, African Americans were barred from working...
Michael Ward
Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was the first significant economic crisis in the United States and led to failed banks...
Robert David Ward
Rufus W. Cobb (1878-82)
Rufus W. Cobb (1829-1913) was Alabama's governor from 1878-82. A lawyer and businessman, Cobb was...
Thomas Seay (1886-90)
Thomas Seay (1846-1896) was Alabama's governor from 1886 to 1890, years when frustration at Bourbon...
Banner Mine Tragedy of 1911
At precisely 6:30 in the morning on April 8, 1911, an explosion rocked the Banner Coal Mine, the pride...
Billy R. Warren
Alabama Renaissance Faire
First held in 1987, the official Alabama Renaissance Faire in Florence, Lauderdale County, has developed...