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[ September 8, 2026 ] 9.9.2026 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND NOTICE TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY AFFECTED BY THE DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT: Public notice is hereby given of a Public Hearing to be held by the Board of Zoning Adjustment of the City of Huntsville, on the 15th of September at 6:00 p.m. Classifieds
[ September 8, 2026 ] 9.9.2026 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Intersection Improvements along Huntsville Northern Bypass and Memorial Parkway, more particularly known as Project No. 71-26-SP60. Classifieds
[ September 8, 2026 ] 9.9.2026 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: Public notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the Huntsville Historic Preservation Commission will be held on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Classifieds
[ September 8, 2026 ] 9.9.2026 LEGAL NOTICE: The Magnolia Terrace Historic District, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama will be considered by the State Review Board for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places at its meeting on September 24, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Classifieds
[ September 8, 2026 ] 9.9.2026 LEGAL NOTICE: The Gurley Addition Brothers Heights Historic District, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama will be considered by the State Review Board for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places at its meeting on September 24, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Classifieds

CELEBRATE & EDUCATE: ALABAMA BLACK HISTORY STORIES

February 12, 2021 Bouldin Black History, Headline News 0

Stokely Carmichael shows a flier for the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in 1966 as part of his work to register Black voters and get Black people elected to office. The black panther logo on the flier later inspired Oakland, California activist Huey Newton to name his organization the Black Panther Party. (Alabama Vintage).

Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, Billy Eckstine, and Nipsey Russell perform at the “Stars for Freedom” rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery March in 1965. (Alabama Vintage)

As a young girl, Jeanette Scissum never thought she’d attend college.But she would go on to earn advanced degrees in mathematics and have an extremely successful career at @nasa, shattering every ceiling for a black woman born in Alabama in the 1940s. Scissum was the first female African American scientist and mathematician at @nasa_marshall in #Huntsville and has been recently recognized as “essential to the success of [its] space program.”(Alabama Vintage)

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