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Dennis Weatherby (1959-2007): inventor who put the sparkle in dishwashing

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

Dennis W. Weatherby was an administrator and scientist, responsible for leading the team that developed the chemical formula for what is now known as Cascade Dishwashing Detergent. Weatherby was born in Brighton, Alabama, on December […]

Council Member John Meredith funds National Register survey of Lydia Drive

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

On Thursday, Huntsville City Council approved Council Member John Meredith’s Council Improvement fund allocation of $12,000 to the Historic Huntsville Foundation to establish the city’s first Civil Rights Historic District. The designation will recognize Lydia Drive, a […]

Rocket City Civil Rights Driving Tour

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By David Hitt Huntsville’s Role in Civil Rights Exploring Huntsville’s role in the Civil Rights Movement is easier than ever, thanks to a new effort by the Rocket City Civil Rights project – the Rocket City Civil Rights […]

Products inspired by Gee’s Bend, Alabama, artisans featured at Target stores for Black History Month

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By: Donna Cope Contemporary quilts from Gee’s Bend makers are now on exhibit at the Birmingham Public Library. For more than 200 years, Black women in Boykin, Alabama, also known as Gee’s Bend, have practiced their art: […]

Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American to play pro baseball, six decades before Jackie Robinson

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By John Harris He was born when slavery was still a fixture in American society and played shortly thereafter The legacy of Moses “Fleet” Fleetwood Walker as the first African-American to play professional baseball is changing the narrative […]

Bass Reeves: The Legendary Lawman of the Wild West

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Bass Reeves, a legendary lawman of the American frontier, is the focus of a new Paramount+ series titled “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” starring David Oyelowo. Reeves, a formerly enslaved person turned U.S. […]

Former Huntsville school employee indicted for engaging in student sex act

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton A former Huntsville City Schools employee was arrested Sunday after an indictment for sex acts with a student. According to jail records, Duane Edward Yarbrough, 58, was arrested Sunday and later released on […]

Teen indicted in 2023 shooting that killed Jeffco father, wounded 1-year-old son

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a Birmingham teen in the 2023 shooting death of a 34-year-old father and the wounding of his young son. The indictments for capital murder and first-degree […]

Missing Montgomery teen was accidentally fatally shot in the head while opening fire on house, detective testifies

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz The missing Montgomery teenager who turned up dead last week was fatally shot in the head by accident while he and four others opened fire on a home, a detective testified Monday. Michael Anthony Cole […]

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA (1939 – )

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

CONTRIBUTED BY: OTIS ALEXANDER In 1939 during the Jim Crow era, baritone Clarence Fountain, bass Johnny Fields, baritone and guitarist George Scott, baritone Ollice Thomas, and tenor Velma Trayler, all elementary school students attending the Alabama […]