Posted on October 27th, 2009 by kcrawfordahf
Note: this is a reprinting of a Birmingham News article, which ran on October 11, 2009. The original article can be found here.
U.S. CAPITOL’S NATIONAL STATUARY HALL: Curry comes home barely known
By Jim Noles
On Wednesday, it was out with the old and in with the new in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall collection. In [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by mchambersahf
Indeed, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an institution. And, rightfully so, the NAACP has been at the forefront for the past century and will continue into the next by meeting its mission to “Ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by kcrawfordahf
AHF Board member Jim Noles has written an article entitled “A fitting tribute: ‘They call this place America’” for the Chicago Tribune. Be sure to read it here.
To read more about Jim, visit the AHF website for his bio.
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Posted on August 13th, 2009 by kcrawfordahf
The fall season of literary festivals in the South officially begins each year with the Tennessee Williams Tribute and Tour of Victorian Homes in Columbus, Miss., an official city along the Southern Literary Trail, a project funded by AHF, and birthplace of the playwright. This year’s edition begins on September 7 and continues through September [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by atcrawford
Recently, while browsing the Internet, I stumbled across the website of a very interesting research unit at the University of Virginia. The name of the unit is the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, and their goal, according to the website, is “to explore and develop information technology as a tool for scholarly humanities [...]
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Posted on June 19th, 2009 by tbryantahf
The topic of a major 2009 SUPER Teacher Institute is one that SUPER participants have consistently requested the past 7+ years I have served as manager of this program. The Institute, which runs June 28-July 3, will discuss “Slavery in Alabama: Public Amnesia and Historical Memory,” and is a partnership project of the Alabama Humanities [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2009 by rstewartahf
The president has nominated Jame Leach as the National Endowment for the Humanities chairman. Some observers may be surprised by the choice (Leach is a Republican)–but I doubt party lines mean much for our small national agency. What we’re most interested in is a chairman who will see the value of our work with the [...]
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