Alabama Public Television (Page 2)

In 1963, African-Americans in Birmingham, Alabama protested discrimination with daily demonstrations in public facilities and sit-ins at lunch counters. In the weeks that followed, there were more than 750 demonstrations in cities across the South resulting in more than 10,000 arrests.Those events in Birmingham sparked what some have called the movement that changed the world. SHOW ME NOW

Richard Johnston’s ferocious one-man-band performances captivate, amaze, and astound audiences. He plays around the world, but his home stage is the sidewalk along Beale Street. Johnston went to north Mississippi to hear Hill Country blues music in its natural setting and learned from masters of the music like R. L. Burnside and Jessie Mae Hemphill.SHOW ME NOW

Salt lies miles under the earth’s surface in several states bordering the Gulf of Mexico. What makes Southwest Alabama unique is that the salt has risen close to the surface there. In Clarke and Washington Counties, water rising along a large fault brings salt up to the surface.
Native Americans and early settlers collected brine water there that they evaporated to collect salt crystals.SHOW ME NOW