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Camille Wright Cook was the first tenured female member of the faculty in the University of Alabama School of Law in 1976 and became the first woman to hold an endowed chair in 1992 when she was named the John S. Stone Chair of Law.

Cook was a…

Amasa Ben Windham, son of famed Alabama storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham, was a longtime reporter and editor at The Tuscaloosa News.

After working as a DJ when a teenager in Selma, Windham attended Birmingham-Southern College where he wrote for…

Robert Loveman was a poet and songwriter who was quite popular in his day. He composed a poem called "Rain Song." often called "April Showers," with the line "It isn't raining rain you know. It's raining violets."

Loveman attended the University…

A historical marker on the Black Warrior River near the Hugh Thomas Bridge reads:

Captain Benjamin F. Eddins

Born in South Carolina in 1813, Benjamin Farrar Eddins raised and led a company of volunteers that served in the 41st Alabama Infantry…

A historic marker erected on the banks of the Black Warrior River near the Hugh Thomas Bridge in Tuscaloosa reads:

"Born a slave in South Carolina in 1807, Horace King became a master bridge builder while working with John Godwin. With the aid of…

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Fred R. Maxwell was the nation’s oldest naval aviator at the time of his death at 99 in 1988.

Maxwell won his aviator’s wings as a World War I reserve officer at the naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, just 15 years…

Harold Edward Greer was named Lion of the Year in 1965 by the Tuscaloosa Lions Club. Greer was admired for his lifelong commitment to public education, community service and his church, Calvary Baptist of Tuscaloosa.

He was born in Edwardsville,…

Former Librarian Ruth Bolden Died three days before her 94th birthday. Ms. Bolden is one of the namesakes of the Weaver Bolden Branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library.

On January 25, 2002, Auburn University dedicated its Harrison School of Pharmacy to honor Harco Drugs patriarch James I. Harrison Sr.

The name change, approved by the AU Board of Trustees, will honor Harrison, who grew a single pharmacy in…

The Rev. Thomas Gilmore was a leading figure in the civil rights movement in Alabama and the first black elected sheriff in Greene County (AL). Known as the "Sheriff Without a Gun," Gilmore served for 12 years before retiring in 1983 to become pastor…