Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
There are two weeks left in October, two weeks more of National Arts and Humanities Month. As the president said in 2009, “Throughout our nation’s history, the power of the arts and humanities to move people has built bridges and enriched lives, bringing individuals and communities together through the resonance of creative expression. It is [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
To say that The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth helped change the face of Alabama would diminish the impact of this civil rights leader. The Rev. Shuttlesworth helped change the face of this nation. Last year, the Alabama Humanities Foundation honored The Rev. Shuttlesworth with a resolution, applauding “his lifetime of dedication and service to humankind and [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2011 by bwhetstoneahf
There’s been much ado about memorials of late, many which, sadly, draw people to opposing sides and defeat their intended purposes. So it was refreshing recently to experience a memorial not embedded with controversy, not erected for profit, not seeking the glamour of fame. This opportunity arose when, once again, my wife dragged me reluctantly, [...]
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Posted on September 29th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
Wayne Flynt, Emeritus professor of history at Auburn University and recipient of the 1991 Alabama Humanities Award, recently published his memoir with the University of Alabama Press titled Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives. In it he describes Auburn’s work—often through AHF’s vital support—in reaching out to the state’s communities through public programming in [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
Main Street in Alexander City is exactly what you would expect a town’s Main Street to be: charming, welcoming. A small street lined with shops and government buildings and a real soda fountain at Carlisle Drug. It is here, in this storied town’s center, where the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit “Journey Stories” is housed in the [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
The Alabama Humanities Foundation’s annual awards luncheon is just around the corner! Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at noon at the Wynfrey Hotel, we hope you will join us to hear our keynote speaker, Gen. Charles C. Krulak, the new president of Birmingham-Southern College. General Krulak served 35 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. His last [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced AHF would like to cordially invite you to our annual awards luncheon, held this year at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham on September 26, 2011 at noon. Our keynote speaker will be Gen. Charles C. Krulak, the new president of Birmingham-Southern College. We will award the Alabama Humanities Award [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2011 by guest
Our SUPER Emerging Scholars (SES) summer institutes have grown from 16 students the first year, to 47 just three years later. Learning important critical-thinking and writing skills is an important piece of the program. Below is an essay written by an SES student during one of our institutes this summer. Essay by Jeremy Buckner on [...]
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Posted on July 11th, 2011 by bwhetstoneahf
John and Alton become best friends in elementary school, their mutual attraction prompted by both being new in town. John’s father, with the ink barely dry on his law degree, hangs his shingle on the second floor of the Alexander City Bank. Alton’s father has just relocated his one-chair barber shop from Camp Hill to [...]
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Posted on July 5th, 2011 by Jennifer Dome
The Alabama Humanities Foundation was excited to launch Project Turn the Page last month, an effort to help libraries and schools damaged in the April tornadoes through an emergency grant for $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Since then, our initiative has garnered a lot of attention, from local TV stations and newspapers, [...]
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