Alabama History Podcasts

Air Date: December 1, 2025 Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/6t9d8yhs Clayton Davis, Historic Resources Manager at the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, discusses the National Heritage Area program, the history of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, and the three heritage themes that Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area emphasizes. Links mentioned in the episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area: https://msnha.una.edu/ National Heritage Area Program: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm University of North Alabama: https://una.edu/ Shoals Storytelling Festival: https://www.shoalsstorytelling.com/ City of Florence: https://florenceal.org/ MSNHA “Stories” Heading: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/ MSNHA River Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/river-heritage/ MSNHA Native Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/native-american-heritage/ MSNHA Music Heritage: https://msnha.una.edu/stories/music-heritage/ Florence Mound Museum: https://www.florencealmuseums.com/home/indianmoundmuseum Cane Creek Canyon: https://msnha.una.edu/sites-attractions/cane-creek-canyon-nature-preserve/ TVA: https://www.tva.com/ National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/2287/index.htm National Register of Historic Places: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm Fort Henderson: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fort-henderson-historic-site/ United States Colored Troops: https://www.thenmusa.org/articles/united-states-colored-troops-in-the-american-civil-war/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: November 3, 2025 Dr. John Giggie, associate professor of history and director of the Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama discusses his 2024 book, Bloody Tuesday, The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa that received the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Clinton, Jackson and Evelyn Coley Book Award. In addition to the book and the Civil Rights Movement events it covers, Giggie talks about “shared authority” in doing first person and community scholarship. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3uxwr7t3 Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA’s Clinton Jackson and Evelyn Coley Book Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/coley-book-award Dr. John Giggie: https://history.ua.edu/people/john-m-giggie/ Bloody Tuesday, The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bloody-tuesday-9780197766668?cc=us&lang=en& Tuscaloosa, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa/ First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa: http://www.firstafricanchurch.org/discover/our-history.html Reverend T.Y. Rogers: https://tavm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/african-american-history/item/50 SCLC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference Bloody Tuesday, June 4, 1964: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa-campaign-and-bloody-tuesday/ Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bloody-sunday/ James Bevel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bevel Robert (Bobby) Shelton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shelton_(Ku_Klux_Klan) Ku Klux Klan: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/ku-klux-klan-in-contemporary-alabama/ Joe Mallisham: https://tavm.omeka.net/items/show/1102 Tuscaloosa Bus Boycott, 1964: https://civilrightstuscaloosa.org/trail/stop-7/ Charles Steele: https://tavm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/african-american-history/item/736 Reverend TW Linton: https://cbn.com/article/not-selected/thomas-linton-living-saint-civil-rights-history-0 Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Trail: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/tuscaloosa-civil-rights-trail/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: October 6, 2025 Dr. Virginia Cain, 2023 graduate of the University of Alabama, discusses her article, “Red Mountain Ladies, How Prostitution Shaped Birmingham, Alabama, from 1871 to 1920,” published in the Alabama Review, April 2023 that won the Alabama Historical Association’s 2025 Milo Howard Award for best article in the Alabama Review in the previous two years. Dr. Cain also discusses a companion article she published in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly about a Nashville madam, and her dissertation, “We Built These Cities on Rocks and Hos,” that compare late 19th century prostitution in Birmingham and Nashville. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yhfyt58t Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA’s Milo B. Howard Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/milo-b-howard-award Alabama Review: https://www.alabamahistory.net/the-alabama-review Birmingham, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/birmingham/ Birmingham Public Library Archives: https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/ Louise Wooster: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Louise_Wooster Nashville, TN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nashville,_Tennessee Tennessee Historical Quarterly: https://tennesseehistory.org/publications/tennessee-historical-quarterly/ The Alabama History Podcast’s producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.

Air Date: September 15, 2025 Dr. Pete Sparks, president of the Guntersville Historical Society, discusses the Alabama Historical Association Fall Pilgrimage in October 2025. He examines four highlights of Guntersville history, describes the sites on the pre-pilgrimage tours, and talks about the local buildings on the pilgrimage tour proper. Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/254zxwpd Links mentioned in the episode – Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Guntersville Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/guntersvillehistoricalsociety/ AHP Episode 71 (SoundCloud link): https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-071 Guntersville, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville/ Marshall County, AL: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marshall-county/ Andrew Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson Treaty of New Echota, 1835: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota Trail of Tears: https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/index.htm Lake Guntersville State Park: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lake-guntersville-state-park/ Guntersville Dam and Lake: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-dam-and-lake/ Guntersville Museum: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/guntersville-museum-cultural-center/ Cathedral Caverns State Park: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/cathedral-caverns-state-park/ Kate Duncan Smith DAR School: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/kate-duncan-smith-dar-school/ Midnight Cry: A Shooting on Sand Mountain: https://www.ugapress.org/9781588385338/midnight-cry/ Dr. Lesa Carnes Shaul: https://www.uwa.edu/news/uwa-professor-pens-true-crime-thriller-about-1950s-shooting-on-sand-mountain/ Col. Montgomery Gilbreath House: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=235551 Henry House: https://www.henryhouse1893.com/story First Presbyterian Church: https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-presbyterian-church-guntersville/b48dc844-3322-419a-a5e1-1b5925fb66cc First United Methodist Church: https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/first-methodist-church-of-guntersville/527e03cf-412a-42f0-a69a-28cf66dc9920 John Allan Wyeth: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-allan-wyeth/ Old Rock School: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rock_School_(Guntersville,_Alabama) Old Post Office and DeSoto Mural: http://wpamurals.org/guntersv.htm Guntersville Railroad Depot: https://gvdepot.org/history/ The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.