Alabama’s waterways reveal a more complex story of our state’s history.

"Fifty years ago, as a newly hired history prof at Samford University, my specialty was supposed to be Russian history. It was the rivers of Alabama, as much as anything else, that changed the focus..."

A reflection on the Freedom Rides of 1961.

"If they can do what they did, we can do what we need to do today. Even when it's hard. Even when we're tired and exhausted. Even when others don't care."

Episode One of our new podcast, "Why It Matters: Black Alabamians and the Vote."

"It's in these women's clubs and in the National Association of Colored Women where she's able to bring forth suffrage as a real issue..."

Siblings offer their perspective on why they compete in Alabama History Day.

Conversations and poetry that explore Black Alabamians' long fight for full participation in the electoral process.

"...mason dixon is an imagined line — you can theorize it, or wish it real, but it’s the same old ghost — see-through, benign. all y’all from alabama; we the wheel turning cotton to make the nation move. we the scapegoat in a land built from death..."

AHA Executive Director Chuck Holmes offers an open invite to all Alabamians:

"We are an Alliance seeking and encouraging allies — anyone who treasures our shared culture, history, storytelling, lifelong learning, and sense of community."