In the summer of 1819, 44 men gathered inside the cabinet maker’s shop in Huntsville to write Alabama’s first constitution–the document that would create the laws necessary to enable this new territory to become a state. The Northwest Ordinance declared that a territory could become a state when its population grew to 60,000. The 1818 census revealed Alabama had reached that mark.SHOW ME NOW
Eric Miller and his son, Steve, are continuing a tradition begun in 1865 by Abraham Miller, a Pennsylvania man who moved to Alabama at the close of the Civil War. The Millers dig clay from a pit in Perry County, mill it, turn it, and fire it into pitchers, churns, piggy banks and other items in Brent, Alabama, carrying on the tradition for five generations.SHOW ME NOW
Jennings Bryant is the former director of the University of Alabama’s Institute for Communication Research, an organization he founded that has evolved to become the Institute for Communication and Information Research. His direction, leadership and commitment to research left a lasting impact upon the fields of communication, media effects, interpersonal communication and beyond and he helped develop children’s TV shows like Sesame Street. SHOW ME NOW
A University of Alabama Honors College class helped create five public discussions broadcast on Alabama Public Television. Topics included fake news, rural healthcare, guns in Alabama, the opioid crisis, and the #MeToo movement. Students researched possible topics for discussion and identified experts who could speak on the selected topics. The programs were recorded in Studio UA, located in the University’s Digital Media Center.SHOW ME NOW
