Alabama Public Television (Page 9)

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

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

Tour mansions where the slave owners are glorified and follow with reverence the route of the Selma to Montgomery march which led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The strip of black prairie land that crosses central Alabama is known as the Black Belt and Highway 80 runs through it. This land was the birthplace of the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. SHOW ME NOW