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The Summersell Center and Hoole Special Collections Library are pleased to announce the unveiling of an exhibit—"Tuscaloosa Entertains!"—researched and designed by history graduate students. read more >
Posted April 2008
Author David Oshinsky discussed his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story. read more >
Posted October 2007
The Department of History and the Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama are soliciting papers for the sixth biennial Race & Place in the American South Conference. The conference will be held on the University of Alabama campus, April 10-12, 2008. read more >
Posted September 2007
“The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.” — William Faulkner