Episode # 58
Christa Kieffer -- 2022 Coley Research Award recipient, on Happy Chandler and George Wallace

Air Date:  January 9, 2023

Christa Kieffer, doctoral student in history at the University of Kentucky, discusses her dissertation project on A. B. "Happy" Chandler, who was the first pick as George Wallace's 1968 vice-presidential running mate.  She also talks about her proposed article that won the CJ and Evelyn Coley Research Award from the Alabama Historical Association in 2022, "'I'm Afraid He Ain't Our Kind of Folks': George Wallace, Happy Chandler, And the Making of Modern Conservatism."

Links mentioned in the episode:

CJ and Evelyn Coley Research Award (Alabama Historical Association) -- https://www.alabamahistory.net/clinton-jackson-and-evelyn-coley-re

Dan T. Carter Research Files, c.1930-2006, Emory University -- https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/carter777/

The Politics of Rage (Dan Carter's biography of George Wallace) -- https://lsupress.org/books/detail/the-politics-of-rage/

A.B. "Happy" Chandler Papers, University of Kentucky -- https://exploreuk.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt72jm23br0c

George C. Wallace Collection, Alabama Department of Archives and History -- https://www.archives.state.al.us/research/finding-aids/v9868.pdf

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky -- https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/louie-b-nunn-center-oral-history 

Rather read?  Here's a link to the transcript:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1483dSSe8UYZsQelM5AGnkMBWYZUFOcgGJlnlktxCeHY/edit?usp=share_link 

*Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate.
 
The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.

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 https://www.alabamahistory.net/

Episode 58 Christa Kieffer, 2022 Coley Research Awardee

Dr. Ruth Truss, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montevallo, is the 2023-2024 president of the Alabama Historical Association.  With long-time AHA Secretary Mark Wilson, she discusses her plans for her term in office, from maintaining the diversity initiatives of her predecessors to the programs for both the AHA Fall Pilgrimage (Sylacauga) and Annual Meeting (Huntsville).

Links to things mentioned in the episode:
City of Sylacauga (EOA article)  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/sylacauga/ 
Blue Bell Parlor (Alabama Travel Website)  https://alabama.travel/places-to-go/blue-bell-creameries 
B.B. Comer Library  https://www.bbcomerlibrary.net/ 
Pursell Farms  https://pursellfarms.com 
City of Huntsville (EOA article)  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/huntsville/ 
U.S. Space and Rocket Center  https://www.rocketcenter.com/ 
R. Isabela Morales, Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom:  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/happy-dreams-of-liberty-9780197531792?cc=ca&lang=en& 
The Alabama Review  https://www.alabamahistory.net/the-alabama-review 
Alabama Heritage  https://www.alabamaheritage.com/ 
"The book I did with you [Marty],"  The Great War in the Heart of Dixie  https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817389277/the-great-war-in-the-heart-of-dixie/ 
Sarah Wiggins, The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827-1835  https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817361181/the-journal-of-sarah-haynsworth-gayle-18271835/ 

Rather read?  Here's a link to the transcript:  https://tinyurl.com/4duj5994
*Just a heads up – the transcript was generated by MS Word AI and lightly edited by Lukas Ducker and Marty Olliff.  It is likely to be less than 100% accurate.
The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.
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 https://www.alabamahistory.net/

Episode 064 AHA President Ruth Truss and Sect Mark Wilson discuss Truss's 2023-24 term of office

Episode 74 – Tom Reidy on AHA 2024 Museum Award for The Scottsboro Boys Museum

Air Date:  May 20, 2024

Dr. Tom Reidy, executive director of The Scottsboro Boys Museum which received the Alabama Historical Association’s Museum Award for 2024, discusses the history of the infamous Scottsboro Boys case and the history and programs of the museum itself.

Links to things mentioned or implied in the episode:

Alabama Historical Association  https://www.alabamahistory.net/ 

Alabama Historical Association Historical Museum Award  https://www.alabamahistory.net/historical-museum-award 

The Scottsboro Boys Museum  (1) https://www.thescottsboroboysmuseum.com/ ; (2) https://www.alabamaheritage.com/alabama-heritage-blog/the-historical-legacy-of-the-scottsboro-boys-museum ; (3) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-boys-museum-and-cultural-center/ 

Sheila Washington  https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/964172261/remembering-sheila-washington-who-told-the-story-of-the-scottsboro-boys 

The Scottsboro Boys (case)  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-trials/ 

Alabama Chapter of the Communist Party USA  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Chapter_of_the_Communist_Party_USA

Southern Worker newspaper  https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/southernworker/

Jackson County Sentinel newspaper  https://www.newspapers.com/paper/jackson-county-sentinel/29019/

The Huntsville Times newspaper  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/the-huntsville-times/ 

International Labor Defense  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labor_Defense 

Judge James Horton  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/james-horton-jr/ 

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976 docudrama)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074723/ 

Heavens Fall (2006 drama)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425094/ 

Samuel Leibowitz  https://www.famous-trials.com/scottsboroboys/1559-leibowitz 

Harlem Renaissance  https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance 

Langston Hughes  https://poets.org/poet/langston-hughes 

Lead Belly  https://www.songhall.org/profile/Huddie_Ledbetter 

To Kill a Mockingbird  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/to-kill-a-mockingbird/ 

Nelle Harper Lee  https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/harper-lee/ 

NAACP  https://naacp.org/ 

Rosa Parks (and Scottsboro Boys)  https://rosaparksbiography.org/bio/scottsboro-boys/ 

The Scottsboro Boys Act of 2023  https://www.al.com/breaking/2013/04/post_1132.html 

Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript:  https://tinyurl.com/29thykt5

*Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate.

The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.

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.

Episode 074 Reidy On Scottsboro Boys Museum

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