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Alabama Humanities Alliance @ALHumanities

We connect Alabamians to impactful storytelling, lifelong learning, and civic engagement. We believe the humanities can make Alabama better. #ALhumanities

Joined September 2008
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A few days left to share your story via @StoryCorps and @ALAPublicRadio!
Alabama Public Radio@ALAPublicRadio
3 Feb 2025
We want to hear YOUR stories! StoryCorps is making that possible. Come have a conversation recorded while the tour is in Selma through Feb. 7. Learn more at apr.org/storycorps-selma. Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.
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Join us before February 7!
Alabama Public Radio@ALAPublicRadio
24 Jan 2025
StoryCorps is in Selma-- looking to hear your stories & special memories! Come have a conversation recorded while the tour is in town through Feb. 7: apr.org/storycorps-selma. Local support by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities. Photos from Ryan Dorgan & Matt Orndorff.
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Alabama Public Radio@ALAPublicRadio
16 Jan 2025
StoryCorps is in Selma-- looking to hear your stories & special memories! Come have a conversation recorded while the tour is in town through Feb. 7: apr.org/storycorps-selma. Local support by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities. Photos from Ryan Dorgan & Matt Orndorff.
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Humanities Magazine@humanitiesmag
15 Jan 2025
As executive director of the @ALHumanities, Chuck Homes brings storytelling to Alabama. Through initiatives like Healing History, Holmes uses the humanities to spark conversations, build empathy, and deepen understanding across the state. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdzmxb5p
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Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi
@roywoodjr
3 Jan 2025
Thank you to the @ALHumanities for honoring me as a 2024 Fellow. @randallwoodfin dropped by, as did an old co-worker, with the honor presented to me by a woman doing amazing things in central Alabama with youth literacy, Devon Frazier (@dsfraz9), CEO of @iseemeinc.
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Alabama Public Radio@ALAPublicRadio
6 Jan 2025
Record & preserve your family’s stories & community’s history with us! They might end up at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to Selma Jan 9 to Feb 7. Details: apr.org/storycorps-selma! Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.
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Alabama Public Radio@ALAPublicRadio
18 Dec 2024
Record & preserve your family’s stories & community’s history with us! They might end up at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to Selma Jan 9 to Feb 7. Details: apr.org/storycorps-selma! Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.
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This is going to be wonderful. Very thankful we’re able to support this story-sharing opportunity!
Alabama Public Radio@ALAPublicRadio
16 Dec 2024
Your family’s stories & community’s history can be recorded & preserved at the Library of Congress. #StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to #Selma from Jan 9 -- Feb 7. Learn more: apr.org/storycorps-selma! Local support provided by Alabama Heritage Magazine & @ALHumanities.
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National Endowment for the Humanities@NEHgov
31 Oct 2024
Listen to this week's @180099native featuring Native American recipients of the 2022-2023 National Humanities Medal and @NEHchair Lowe discussing their work and efforts to promote the humanities: ow.ly/eSA850TXsf5 #ArtsHumanitiesMedals
A photograph of five Native and Alaskan Native people wearing traditional outfits. One man and three women wear medals around their necks with red ribbon.

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Humanities Magazine@humanitiesmag
31 Oct 2024
Samantha Barbas explains how the landmark Supreme Court ruling New York Times Co. v. Sullivan was a product of the Civil Rights Movement. Read about the connections between this crucial ruling for the freedom of the press and Alabama civil rights activity. tinyurl.com/mr3mv48w
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Alabama Booksmith@ALBooksmith
14 Oct 2024
Get your tickets today for Rick Bragg and @roywoodjr in conversation at the Alys Stephens Center! Info and tickets here: alabamahumanities.org/honors…
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Honored to be talking about empathy, listening, history, and community-building at tonight’s The Art of Healing program with our friends at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and the Birmingham Jewish Federation.
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And so thankful to be learning from Dr. Gail Christopher about how we can all move across divides and toward one another — in thoughtful and healing ways. Dr. Christopher was the driving force behind the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation efforts.
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National Endowment for the Humanities@NEHgov
3 Sep 2024
NEH’s Summer Stipends program supports individuals pursuing advanced research of value to #humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Apply by September 18: neh.gov/grants/research/summ…
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So, about last night… Congratulations and THANK YOU to our newest Alabama Humanities Fellows: Brittany Howard and Jason Isbell.   And a very big thank-you to Patterson Hood and Ann Powers for making a very special evening even more so. Rock on.
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Thanks to Matt Wake and @aldotcom for the detailed write-up of the evening! Among our favorite lines: “Eloquently playing a nylon string guitar, Howard’s vocals exploring deep soul expressionism anyone with a heartbeat could feel. Wow. Just wow.” al.com/life/2024/08/jason-is…

Jason Isbell, Brittany Howard reveal Alabama secrets of their success

Grammy winning Alabama natives appeared at Huntsville event celebrating them.

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National History Day@NationalHistory
19 Aug 2024
Alabama History Day Coordinator Dr. Idrissa Snider, from @ALHumanities, was recently featured on the Alabama History Podcast to talk about NHD and its impact on students in Alabama! Listen now to this great conversation: on.soundcloud.com/HmVXHZhWJ3…
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See you soon!
Von Braun Center@VonBraunCenter
14 Aug 2024
Replying to @blkfootwhtfoot
@blkfootwhtfoot and Jason Isbell: In Conversation is coming to the #VBChsv Mark C. Smith Concert Hall on Monday, August 26! This event features an in-depth conversation between Grammy-winning musicians and songwriters, and is not a concert performance. 📲bit.ly/InConversationVBC
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NEH Education@NEH_Education
8 Aug 2024
Our Spotlight program supports the exploration and development of small projects that would benefit underserved populations through the teaching and study of the humanities at small and medium-sized colleges and universities.
Image of an old-fashioned filament lightbulb glowing warmly against a blurred background in black and brown tones, overlaid with the words: “Spotlight on the Humanities in Higher Education” in art deco style fonts, with the NEH logo in the bottom right corner and the program email address (spotlight@neh.gov) in the bottom left corner. Photograph by Wilson Vitorino.

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Congratulations! We’ve been honored to support through some of those years. Y’all look good at 40! (Says this 50-year-old.)
Discovering Alabama@DiscoveringAL
7 Aug 2024
This year, #DiscoveringAlabama celebrates its 40th year and is now among the longest-running TV series in #television history! The series has completed over 100 episodes showcasing #Alabama’s natural history, environment, and diversity. LEARN MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/4en7rf1
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