The Winter 2018 issue of Alabama Heritage magazine highlights the 160th anniversary of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. Written by AIDB’s Director of Institutional Advancement Lynne Hanner, “A Brother’s Love” outlines the journey of AIDB’s founder Joseph Henry Johnson. The article unveils how AIDB began with Johnson’s motivation to aid his brother who was born deaf and resulted in the school’s internationally recognized success today.
Author Billy Singleton's "Dreams of Flying Machines" highlights early aerial experimenters in Alabama who worked to unravel the mysteries of mechanical flight years before the Wright Brothers.
"Finding Her Own Way" is historian and author Wayne Flynt's detailed feature of Zora Neale Hurston. Ignored for decades by many, Alabamian Hurston emerged in the last decades of the twentieth century as one of America's most important writers of fiction.
Jerry O. Potter uncovers how the "The Loss of the Sultana [is] America's Forgotten Tragedy." As the Civil War concluded, many soldiers rejoiced at the chance to return home, not realizing the peril that awaited them on that journey.
Regular departments include Southern Architecture & Preservation, Alabama Makers, Behind the Image, Nature Journal, and more.
Alabama Heritage, celebrating more than 30 years of fine publishing, is co-published by the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The quarterly magazine covers a variety of subjects related to Alabama history and culture, and has garnered numerous local, regional, and national awards over the years. Copies are available for purchase at the University of Alabama Supply Store, at Barnes & Nobles and Books-a-Millions throughout the state, and online at www.alabamaheritage.com. Readers can also follow the magazine on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, and YouTube.
"Finding Her Own Way" is historian and author Wayne Flynt's detailed feature of Zora Neale Hurston. Ignored for decades by many, Alabamian Hurston emerged in the last decades of the twentieth century as one of America's most important writers of fiction.
Jerry O. Potter uncovers how the "The Loss of the Sultana [is] America's Forgotten Tragedy." As the Civil War concluded, many soldiers rejoiced at the chance to return home, not realizing the peril that awaited them on that journey.
Regular departments include Southern Architecture & Preservation, Alabama Makers, Behind the Image, Nature Journal, and more.
Alabama Heritage, celebrating more than 30 years of fine publishing, is co-published by the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The quarterly magazine covers a variety of subjects related to Alabama history and culture, and has garnered numerous local, regional, and national awards over the years. Copies are available for purchase at the University of Alabama Supply Store, at Barnes & Nobles and Books-a-Millions throughout the state, and online at www.alabamaheritage.com. Readers can also follow the magazine on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, and YouTube.
