My Alabama Story

To commemorate AHA's 50th anniversary, we’re enlisting some of Alabama’s most compelling writers, artists, and thinkers to reflect on what it means to be human in Alabama. And to share their hopes for our next 50 years.

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Our Stories Are in the Music

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My love of Alabama’s history and music come with deep roots. I was born in Alabama in the middle of the 20th century to an Alabama dad and an Alabama...

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Alabama remains my home

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Bessemer native and actor André Holland in a scene from his 2024 film, Exhibiting Forgiveness. I grew up in a small house with no storm cellar. Before I was...

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An Immigrant’s Journey

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Carloa E. Alemán and family I live in Alabama, but my Alabama looks a little different than what most folks might imagine. My Alabama speaks Spanish....

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Lessons on being human

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Joey Brackner Born in Birmingham’s industrial suburb of Fairfield during the waning days of Jim Crow, I was a city kid but also socialized in...

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Stitching our stories together

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Our stories are like a quilt, each piece is different, but when stitched together gives us a better picture of our past and present. My mother had a saying, “If...

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Summer, 1967

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First memory: Homewood, Alabama. Summer, 1967. I’m 8 years old. Whatever happened to me or around me between being born in 1959 and 1967 is lost to time. My three...

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