Historic News Volume 9, Issue 1 Spring-Summer 2004

Enterprise-Ozark Community College Hosts AAH Annual Meeting held in Wiregrass Region

The 2004 AAH Annual Meeting kicked off Friday, February 6 with sessions held at Enterprise-Ozark Community College. An intriguing his- tory of Fort Rucker presented by Judge Val McGee opened the ses- sions, followed by a discussion on Alabama’s contribution to the build- ing of the Panama Canal presented by George Lauderbaugh, Sarah Wiggins, and Linda York. Later that evening, the historic 1902 Rawls Hotel in downtown Enterprise provided the perfect backdrop for the Friday night banquet. Frye Gaillard, keynote speaker and author of Cradle of Freedom, related some of his own George Ewert discusses the controversy following his review of the personal experiences growing up in Civil War film, Gods and Generals. the South, as well as Alabama’s role representative, Susan DuBose gave an update in the national Civil on the state course of study in social studies. Rights movement. The annual business meeting was held during Saturday morning Saturday’s lunch and the new slate of officers attendees were treated elected. Our thanks go to Program Committee to a ‘super’ breakfast co-chairs Betty Brandon and David Carter and prepared to perfection to Local Arrangements Committee co-chairs by the local chapter of Jack Oden and Sam Covington for putting Phi Theta Kappa. The together this wonderful event. opening session in- cluded a discussion on Frye Gaillard the legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by Lacy Ward (Tuskegee University) and Walter Gowan. A session on academic freedom featured Marsha Hamilton, Clarence Mohr (Univer- sity of South Alabama), and George Ewert, Director of the Museum Phi Theta Kappa students ‘sling the hash’ for of Mobile. State attendees during the Saturday morning breakfast. Susan DuBose Department of Education Page 1 AAH Reports

The first is incorporation and the AAH’s tax sta- The tus. The AAH has existed since 1973 but has never secured the formal existence afforded by President’s incorporating, nor has it applied for tax-exempt status. Is it time to move forward on these Corner things? The Executive Council will study and by Marty Olliff report to the membership by the 2005 meeting. Second is the politicization of the K-12 Course Taking the Torch of Study. Every six years, the Alabama State Marty Olliff Board of Education revamps the Social Studies Course of Study. Although always surrounded As your newly-elected president, I should open by controversy, this year’s revision drew a direct my first message with warm wishes and thanks attack from the Eagle Forum and a self-appointed to past AAH presidents, particularly my two im- group of academic allies. Rather than work with mediate predecessors Debbie Pendleton and the appointed Course of Study Committee as Hardy Jackson. They’ve left large shoes that I did all other groups, they presented at a Board will strive mightily to fill. of Education working session, a set of revisions I believe I speak for us all in expressing our and a polemic attacking the “leftist” agenda hid- deepest thanks to Leona Stemple too. Leona den in the Course of Study. The resulting hub- recently retired from the Alabama Archives and bub delayed passage of the Course of Study. as the AAH newsletter editor. But she mentored As you know, the AAH passed a resolution at her replacement, George Jennings, whom we the 2004 meeting in support of the Course of welcome aboard as editor with this issue. We Study (available at our website: http:// also welcome our new officers and representa- www.tsud.edu/aah), and Debbie Pendleton has tives: Mary Hubbard as President-Elect, Gwen agreed to chair a committee to monitor develop- Patton as Public History representative, Sam ments and prepare for the next revision in 2010. Covington for Community Colleges, and Larry Finally, members familiar with the National McQuiston as K-12 representative. Council on History Education have encouraged The AAH Executive Council met on March 11 the AAH to work more closely with it, for our at ADAH to plan an agenda for this year and purpose and theirs are so similar. AAH member beyond. In a break from past practice, Mary Jim Gatling is the NCHE’s membership chair Hubbard’s Time-and-Place Committee will at- for Alabama, and Mary Hubbard has agreed to tempt to arrange meeting hosts for three to five become a liaison between the two organizations. years in advance. We also decided to create I look forward to an active term and hope you program committees for the next two annual all will join me and the Executive Council in meetings and to increase publicity for those carrying on and even improving our Association. events. Other results from the March 11 meeting in- Marty clude commissioning a history of the AAH to be used as a recruiting tool, establishing an asso- ciation archives, and beginning an “Each One Reach One” policy for membership recruitment AAH Web-Site and retention. Consequently, I challenge all of If you know of upcoming events of interest us to recruit one new or former member for AAH to AAH members, please contact Marty Olliff and bring that person to the 2005 Annual Meet- ([email protected]) so that the Calendar of ing to be held at the newly-expanded Alabama Events on the AAH web-site (www.tsud.edu/ Department of Archives and History in Montgom- aah) can be updated. Readers may also ac- ery. cess this issue of the AAH Historic News on Two important issues require attention from the the web-site at www.tsud.edu/aah/news- Executive Council and you, the AAH members. ss2004.pdf. Page 2 Awards & Grants

Patricia Cleino Ramsey Award goes to Receives Flynt Award Harriet Amos Doss The Alabama Association of Historians has The John F. Ramsey awarded the 2004 Mae Ellis Moore Flynt Teach- Award of Merit, given ing Excellence Award to Patricia K. Cleino for outstanding contribu- of the Hewitt-Trussville Middle School in Trussville. tions to the history pro- A teacher with over 28 years experience, Ms. fession in Alabama, was Cleino strives to mold her students into “better, awarded to Harriet more thoughtful citizens of their nation and the Amos Doss, University world.” She stresses that history is not static, of Alabama at Birming- but forever changing through reinterpretation. In ham. Hardy Jackson teaching her lesson on the Declaration of Inde- presented the award at pendence, for example, Ms. Cleino uses the anal- the AAH Annual Meeting ogy of a tree which “has long roots, but also con- in Enterprise. stantly sprouts new leaves, which lead us to grow Dr. Doss’ work as a and change as our understanding of liberty teacher and scholar is evolves.” well known. Her article, “If my students understand that these changes “Religious Reconstruc- have been occurring throughout the history of the tion in Microcosm at country, they will not be unsettled by future Faunsdale Plantation,” changes as the society becomes more multi- won the 1990 Milo B. cultural. Acceptance of change is a natural out- Howard Award of the Ala- growth of the study of history.” bama Historical Asso- “There is not a single way to understand the ciation. She is also the past,” Ms. Cleino asserts. “I hope that I encour- author of Cotton City: Ur- age my students to look at the past from many ban Development in An- Hardy Jackson presents Harriet Amos Doss with the points of view and learn from each of them.” tebellum Mobile (1985, reprinted 2001) and is Ramsey Award at Friday night banquet. The Flynt award was presented to Ms. Cleino currently researching by previous honoree Pam Moulton during the and writing a history of AAH Annual Meeting in Enterprise. frontier Alabama. The AAH also awarded three teachers with honorable mention certificates for teaching ex- Dr. Doss’ commitment to education and to Ala- cellence. They were Ed- bama is evident through the generous sacrifice ward Dravecky, Jr. of of her time and effort to Grissom High School, promote the study of Huntsville; David Kil- Alabama history at all patrick of Decatur High levels of education. She School, Decatur; and has worked tirelessly Margaret (Peggy) with legislators, aca- Patton of Bluff Park El- demic historians, and ementary, Birmingham. lay people interested in Our congratulations to Alabama history to keep these wonderful teach- Alabama history in the ers! Keep up the good state education curricu- work! lum and to secure fund- By bestowing the Mae ing for continuing publi- Ellis Moore Flynt Teach- cation of the Alabama ing Excellence Award, Review. She has served the AAH seeks to rec- as president of both the ognize K - 12 teachers AAH and AHA and is cur- for their contributions to rently a member of the education and to encour- Wayne Flynt and Patricia Cleino after the executive council of the age excellence in the presentation of the Mae Ellis Moore Flynt Award Southern Historical teaching of history. Association. Page 3 News on Alabama Campuses

will appear later this year. This summer Lee will spend two weeks out west conducting research As always, the Department of History at Au- for her second book which will chronicle the burn has been active in local and state history. journey of Russian Grand Duke Alexis through Wayne Flynt’s book, Alabama in the Twentieth America in 1871-72. Century, will be published by the University of Wyatt Wells has been promoted to full Alabama Press in September. Wayne will also Professor. be installed as the president of the Southern Keith Krawczynski and Tim Henderson have Historical Association in November. He is the each been named Distinguished Research first member of Auburn’s faculty to earn this sin- Professor. gular honor. Wayne also participated in the American Heritage Academy, a summer work- Steve Gish will have a biography of Desmond shop series at the Auburn and Opelika city Tutu coming out with Greenwood Press later this schools. year. Kathryn Braund completed a monograph, “Warriors and Society in the Creek War and the Jacksonville State Battle of Horsehoe Bend,” as part of a grant she received from the National Park Service for up- University dating and adding to the collections at the Llewellyn Cook, Assistant Professor of His- Horsehoe Bend National Military Park. Her ed- tory, contributed ten entries to the International ited and annotated edition of James Adair’s His- Encyclopedia of Military History. He serves on tory of the American Indians will be out in the the Board of Directors for the Consortium on fall, as well as an article on John Bartram and Revolutionary Europe. the Creek Congress at Picolata in an edited vol- ume, John Bartram, King’s Botanist. Like Jennifer Gross, Assistant Professor of His- Wayne, Kathryn was a participant in the Ameri- tory, published a study guide for America: Past can Heritage Academy. and Present. In April she presented her paper, “The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Con- Thanks to the hard work of Jeff Jakeman, federate Widows, and the Lost Cause” at a con- Wayne Flynt, and many others in the university, ference at Rutgers University. She also made we have moved ahead with the on-line Encyclo- four presentations on Civil War widows for the pedia of Alabama. This major project, which will Alabama Humanities Foundation. result in a comprehensive, continuously updated reference work on all aspects of Alabama his- Russel Lemmons, Professor of History, has tory, industry, agriculture, and culture, will be an been selected to attend the Center for Advanced invaluable tool for history teachers, business, Holocaust Studies Seminar on Using Primary and government, in addition to serving as a ve- Sources for Teaching the Holocaust which will hicle for state economic development. be held in Washington, D.C. in June. Department chair Bill Trimble was guest edi- Harvey H. Jackson, Professor of History, pub- tor of a special issue of the Alabama Review lished Inside Alabama: A Personal History of earlier this year focusing on state aeronautical My State ( Press). He con- history in commemoration of the centennial of tinues to serve on the editorial board of the flight. Included in the issue are articles survey- Anniston Star and write a weekly column on ing the development of aviation in Birmingham, southern politics and culture. civil aviation in Montgomery and Huntsville, and Michael Morris, Assistant Professor of His- a World War II glider training base in Mobile. tory, participated in a conference on the South- ern Colonies that was held at Augusta Univer- Auburn University sity in Augusta, Georgia. Montgomery With the help of a major grant from the De- partment of Education, the History Department Lee Farrow has recently been promoted to continues to provide support for the LASTING Associate Professor and has been granted program which, in cooperation with the Calhoun tenure. Her book on Russian inheritance law County School Board, helps local teachers de- during the 17th and 18th centuries, Between velop new and more effective ways of teaching. Crown and Clan: The Struggle to Define Noble George Lauderbaugh coordinates the program Property Rights in Imperial Russia, is being and Jennifer Gross made two presentations to published by University of Delaware Press and the group during the past three months. Page 4 News on Alabama Campuses

Samford University University of Alabama Donald Wilson is retiring at the end of the The University of Alabama History Department year after 25 years at Samford. He is working has been busy. Guy Ward Hubbs recently had on his history of Alabamians in the 8th Air Force two books published with the University of Geor- in WWII. gia Press. He is the author of Guarding Greens- Ginger Frost recently stepped down as boro: A Confederate Company in the Making of President of the Southern Conference on British a Southern Community (2003) and the editor of Studies. Her latest article, “‘She is but a Voices from Company D: Diaries by the Greens- Woman’: Kitty Byron and Edwardian Criminal Justice System” was accepted for a special boro Guards, Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment, issue of Gender and History. She also gave a Army of Northern Virginia (2003). Both books paper, “‘A Silent Scorpion’: Illegitimacy in Mid- were prominently featured at the recent South- Twentieth Century England,” for the annual ern Historical Association Conference in Hous- meeting in March of the Center for Contemporary ton. British History, London, England. Eric Emerson has had his dissertation, “Privi- Jim Brown continues to work on a modern leged Sons: The Charleston Light Dragoons and world history based on an examination of six the Civil War” accepted for publication by the regional ‘great roads’. He recently gave a presentation to the South African Historical University of South Carolina Press. It tells the Association meeting in Stellenbosch on using story of a group of soldiers from wealthy families the Jo’burg-to-Durban corridor to teach key who sought initially to avoid serious action but themes of modern South African history. eventually became involved in some of the most Jonathan Bass is on leave and working on a bitter fighting of the war. book on Caliph Washington, a Birmingham George S. Williamson, Associate Professor, African-American who was accused of murdering received the award for Best Article in Central Eu- a white policeman in the 1950s and whose case attracted national attention. ropean History for the years 1999 and 2000 for “What Killed August von Kotzebue? The Temp- University of Alabama tations of Virtue and the Political Theology of German Nationalism, 1789-1819” in Journal of Huntsville Modern History 72:4 (2000). The award is given UAH will hold its annual History Forum in by the Conference Group for Central European October 2004 with “Sports and American Culture” History of the American Historical Association as this year’s theme. All presentations will take at the annual AHA conference. place in Roberts Hall on the UAH campus. Professor of History and Law, Tony Freyer Topics will include “Baseball in Blue and Gray: recently had published Defending Constitutional The National Pastime during the Civil War” to be Rights, Frank M. Johnson. He has also pub- presented by George Kirsch of Manhattan lished a review of Larson “Internal Improvement: College on Tuesday, October 12. National Public Works and the Promise of Popu- Independent scholar, Pamela Grundy will lar Government in the Early ,” (UNC present, “Amazons or Glamazons: Womanhood Press, 2001), XLV American Journal of Legal and Woman’s Basketball” on Thursday, October History 105 (2001). 21. The UA Honors College, Department of His- Charles Ross of the University of Mississippi will speak on “Race and Sport: The Struggle for tory, and the Capstone International Center are Equality On and Off the Field” on Thursday, pleased to welcome visiting scholar Haifaa October 28. Jawad to the UA campus. A native of Iraq, Jawad comes to UA via the Understanding Con- UAH and Alabama A&M University are co- hosting the annual conference of the Southeast temporary Islam (UCI) initiative, a joint effort of World History Association. Sessions will be held the Fulbright Commission and the American on Friday, October 22 at Alabama A&M and on University of Beirut. She is scheduled to teach Saturday, October 23 at UAH. during the 2004 spring semester. Page 5 News on Alabama Campuses

University of Montevallo Undergraduate Research held in Indianapolis in April of this year. The students attending were The University of Montevallo History April Bjurman, Kari Cotney, Mary Elizabeth Day, Department hosted the Phi Alpha Theta regional Brittnay McMillian, Stacey Nichols, John Orr, conference on Saturday, April 3, 2004. Keynote Adam Smith, and Dennis Spears. They were speaker at the luncheon was David Morgan, accompanied by history professors Clark past national president of Phi Alpha Theta and Hultquist and Jim Day. professor emeritus at the University of Montevallo. UM undergraduate history majors Jared Blake, Kelly Kilpatrick, Brittnay McMillian, and John Orr also presented papers at this conference. Wallace State College In addition, the History Department hosted the Robert S. Davis has just had published “Yan- Third Annual History Day on April 8, 2004. The kee Gone South: The Georgia Odyssey of ‘Colo- events included a student roundtable with history nel Spencer of Andersonville,’ ” in the Georgia majors April Bjurman, Chris Cardwell, Patricia Historical Quarterly 88 (2004): 50-65. He has Herrin, and John Orr discussing research rewards given presentations on the Kettle Creek (Geor- and pitfalls; a presentation by student Joel Harris gia) Revolutionary War battle and battlefield at on the re-creation of a Native American house in the 225th anniversary commemoration of the Bankhead National Forest; a reception; and a battle; the Southeastern Association for the panel discussion on the Brown decision. The Study of the Eighteenth-Century meeting; and panel speaker was Lacy Ward of Tuskegee. Jim the Georgia Association of Historians meeting. Day and Wilson Fallin were panel participants. The Sons of the American Revolution has given The Department was also pleased to have eight Davis its Good Citizenship Medal in recognition UM history students accepted to present of thirty years of research and publication on the research projects at the National Conference on battle of Kettle Creek.

K-12 and Public History News

Alabama National Guard Museum Offers Outreach Programs The Alabama National Guard Museum recently been presented over 100 times around the state. presented a living history program on Confederate Due to budget cuts, the Museum has had to Cavalry as a part of Brierfield Ironworks State scale back the number of presentations, but that Park’s annual school days. Over 4,000 school has not slowed requests from schools looking children from Shelby and Bibb Counties learned for viable, hands-on, educational programs. With about Confederate cavalry equipment and tactics an improvement in the budget, the Museum from the Museum’s director, Kenneth E. Morrison hopes to be able to present two new programs, and two volunteers. “The Alabama National Guard in World War I” The Museum has also continued to take and “The Alabama National Guard in World War history out into classrooms around the state II” in the near future. through its very successful outreach programs. The Alabama National Guard Museum is “Civil War 101” and the “Alabama Militia in the located at the National Guard Training Site at Creek Indian War” have over the past six years Fort McClellan, Alabama Page 6 K-12 and Public History News

Church Bombing Case Social Studies Course a Lesson in History of Study Approved Forty years ago, a dynamite bomb rocked the The Alabama State Board of Education adopted Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four little the new Social Studies Course of Studies at its girls and sending shock waves around the world. April 8, 2004 meeting. The new course of study This episode of hatred remained an open wound will go into effect in the 2005-2006 school year. until at last, in 2001, the last chapter was closed A textbook committee has been selected and when then-U.S. Attorney Doug Jones re-opened has begun work choosing textbooks to used in the case. The new evidence led to the convic- tion of the last living suspects and proved to the public schools to implement the new course of world that at last, Birmingham’s long nightmare study. Textbooks adopted this year are had come to a close. scheduled to be used in classrooms in 2005 - 2011. It is a wonderful opportunity when students are able to interact with someone who has lived his- tory. Benjamin Russell High School students had a chance to do this when former federal pros- ecutor Doug Jones spoke to them about his ex- perience in prosecuting this bombing nearly 40 years after it happened. Mr. Jones secured the convictions of two of the church bombers. As he presented a slide presentation to an audi- ence of about 45 high school juniors and se- niors, not only did he teach them about his role in the trial, but he also taught them about a way of life that many of them never knew existed. Most of these students are too young to remem- ber the days of segregation, having attended in- tegrated schools all of their lives. They could, however, relate to the pain of losing a child and knowing that the people responsible had gone unpunished for many years. Mr. Jones explained the existence of segre- gation in Birmingham as it was in 1963 as back- ground to the story of the bombing. He showed the students slides of the church, the damage at the time of the bomb- ing, and of people in- volved in the trial nearly forty years later. This put a human face on a part of Alabama history that needs to be fully understood.

by Leigh Martin, Former federal prosecutorDoug Jones discusses his role in re-opening the Six- Benjamin Russell teenth Street Church bombing case with Benjamin Russell High School students. High School Page 7 Backburner

ADAH ArchiTreats AAH Executive Officers 2004-2005 Martin T. Olliff, President 2004-2006 Director, Archives of Wiregrass History & Culture Program Troy State University Dothan The ArchiTreats: Food for Thought lec- P.O. Box 8368 ture series continues on the third Thursday Dothan, AL 36304-0368 Phone: 334-983-6556, ext. 327 of each month in the Milo B. Howard, Jr. audi- Fax: 334-983-6327 torium. Beginning at 12:05 PM, the public is E-mail: [email protected] invited to bring a sack lunch and to participate Mary Hubbard, President-Elect 2004-2006 in these hour-long sessions on various aspects Alabama School of Fine Arts of Alabama history. Sponsored by the Friends 1800 8th. Avenue North of the Alabama Archives, the lectures and re- Birmingham, AL 35203 Phone: 205-252-9241 freshments are provided free to the public. E-mail: [email protected] June 17th “Three Alabama Sports Leg- Burt Rieff, Secretary-Treasurer 2003-2005 ends: Satchel Paige, Joe Lewis, and Jesse 1930 Courtney Ave. Owens” - Richard Bailey* Florence, AL 35630-2608 Phone: 256-740-0278 July 15th “Mapping Alabama” - W. Craig E-mail: [email protected] Remington AAH Exec. Council 2004-2005 Aug. 19th “Alabama’s Borders: A Primer Debbie Pendleton, Immediate Past President in Early History” - David Robb Alabama Department of Archives & History Sept. 16th “James Mitchell and the Early P.O. Box 300100 Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 Years of the Alabama Power Company” - Phone: 334-242-4363, ext. 275 Leah Rawls Atkins Fax: 334-240-3433 E-mail: [email protected] Oct. 21st “A Conquering Spirit: How the Battle at Fort Mims Changed the Course George T. Jennings, Newsletter Editor, 2004-2006 Alabama Department of Archives & History of American History” - Greg Waselkov PO Box 300100 Nov. 18th “Julia S. Tutwiler: A Lifetime of Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 Phone: 334-242-4363, ext 223 Reform” - Paul Pruitt Fax: 334-240-3433 Dec. 16th “Women as Social Glue in E-mail: [email protected] Antebellum Dallas County” - Linda Derry Gwen Patton, Public Historians Rep. 2004-2005 Trenholm Technical College Archives * Provided by the Speaker in the House Program of the 1225 Air Base Blvd. Alabama Humanities Foundation, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Montgomery, AL 36108-3105 Phone: 334-420-4475 E-mail: [email protected] ADAH Address Change Lynne Rieff, Senior College Rep. 2003-2005 Department of History & Political Science As a result of a change in state E-mail sys- University of North Alabama tems in May 2004, E-mail addresses for the UNA Box 5196 Alabama Department of Archives and History Florence, AL 35632-0001 Phone: 256-765-4661 have changed to the following format: Fax: 256-765-4536 [email protected]. E-mail: [email protected] Although E-mails will be forwarded from the Sam Covington, Junior College Rep. 2004-2006 old addresses for some time, please make note Division of History & Social Sciences of these changes in your address book. Enterprise-Ozark Community College P.O. Box 1300 Enterprise, AL 36331-1300 Newsletter Deadline Phone: 334-393-3752, ext 2251 E-mail: [email protected] Please remember to submit your news for Larry McQuiston, K-12 Teachers Rep. 2004-2006 the Fall-Winter 2004 issue to George Jennings Wedowee Middle School 896 Woodland Avenue West ([email protected]) on or Wedowee, AL 36278 before October 15, 2004. Phone: 256-357-4636 E-mail: [email protected] Page 8