In the early 1980s I am interviewing a sophomore who has applied for admission to the teacher education program at the small college where I teach. His answer to the question “Why did you choose history as your teaching area?” intrigues me. He relates a story about several retired miners coming to his sixth grade [...]
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AHF Recognizes Women’s History Month During March, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Women’s History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. By Billie Jean Young, AHF board member A woman is like a field of wild flowers growing inside of barbed wire. [...]
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AHF Recognizes Women’s History Month During March, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Women’s History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. The woman came down from a field of red clay, And her cohorts were teeming with cotton and hay; And the [...]
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AHF Recognizes Women’s History Month During March, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Women’s History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. As February—Black History Month—turns to March—Women’s History Month—it’s worth noting that three women played key roles in recording the African-American experience [...]
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AHF Recognizes Black History Month During February, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Black History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. Written by blogger Dominique Linchet, Ph.D., AHF’s grants director As a long-time educator and as I reflect upon what it means [...]
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AHF Recognizes Black History Month During February, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Black History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. Written by guest blogger, Cynthia Martin, AHF’s program and development assistant I still recall my first awareness of an African-American person [...]
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Three weeks have passed since I joined AHF as its new grants director and I am amazed with the number and range of people I have already had a chance to meet, as well as with the variety of activities and events I have taken part in. Every day has been different and new. I [...]
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The Alabama Humanities Foundation (AHF) is pleased to announce the ninth-annual Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarship benefiting kindergarten through sixth-grade teachers. This scholarship is a professional development opportunity for teachers to receive a $1,000 scholarship to enhance their teaching about Alabama/American History and citizenship and to encourage civic involvement by students in their community. The application [...]
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In honor of the holidays, AHF will explore contributions to literature, film, art and other humanities disciplines in the name of holiday spirit! Or, through the art of storytelling, we will tell you our favorite Christmas memories. Dolores Hydock’s one-woman performance of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory is a Christmas tradition in Alabama. The young [...]
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A few months ago, 1974 Ensley High School alumnus Donnie Flynn created a Facebook site which he so beautifully named “Ensley Highlands 35208.” In just a short time, 1,167 folks, including me, have clicked the magic button and become friends. The reminiscing chatter, plus old pictures of Kiddieland, Legion Field, Rickwood and many long-gone area [...]
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