Mr. Barry McNealy of Birmingham talks about receiving the Alabama Historical Association’s Virginia Van Der Veer Hamilton Award for 2024, given to a person who has significantly advanced Alabama history with the general public. Mr. McNealy is a classroom teacher, historical expert with the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, youth leader, and tour guide.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Award: https://www.alabamahistory.net/virginia-v-hamilton-award
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: https://www.bcri.org/
Miles College: https://www.miles.edu/
Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr.: https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Abraham_Woods_Jr
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/fred-lee-shuttlesworth/
Ms. Rosa Parks: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/rosa-parks/
Parker High School, Birmingham: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Parker_High_School
Smithfield Community: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Smithfield_community
Dynamite Hill: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Dynamite_Hill
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/sixteenth-street-baptist-church/
“Four Little Girls” bombing: https://bhamwiki.com/w/1963_church_bombing
BCRI Legacy Youth Leadership Program: https://www.bcri.org/youth-and-families/
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/alabama-christian-movement-for-human-rights-acmhr/
Boutwell Auditorium: https://bhamwiki.com/w/Boutwell_Auditorium
Nat King Cole assault and attempted kidnapping: https://bhamwiki.com/w/1956_Nat_King_Cole_assault
Father Coyle murder: https://bhamwiki.com/w/James_Coyle
Edmund Pettus Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
“Bloody Sunday” (Selma, AL, 1965): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/bloody-sunday/
Juneteenth Freedom Celebration (BCRI): https://www.bcri.org/event/juneteenth2024/
“Letter From Birmingham Jail”: https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/letter-from-birmingham-jail/
Miss Odessa Woolfolk: https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Odessa_Woolfolk
PEACE Birmingham: https://www.acealabama.org/peacebirmingham.html
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The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.
Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.