Opinion: T.R.M. Howard, an unlikely civil rights hero (By David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito)
Los Angeles Times – Aug. 28
…The Till case was different because of the efforts of a flamboyant and wealthy black planter and surgeon, T.R.M. Howard. Howard’s place in history has been woefully slighted. Without him, we might never have heard of Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers or Operation PUSH. Howard was the crucial link connecting the Till slaying and the rise of the modern civil rights movement…David T. Beito, a professor of history at the University of Alabama…
Zipcar Comes to UA
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 27
CBS42 (Birmingham) –Aug. 27
FOX6 (Birmingham) – Aug. 27
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Aug. 27
…the University of Alabama is the first school in this state to join up. Starting out, six cars will make up the Zipcar fleet at Alabama…
Westbrook takes over as Blackburn director
Crimson White – Aug. 28
As the new Blackburn Institute director, Philip Westbrook said it is his duty to continue fulfilling longtime UA administrator John Blackburn’s dream. “What excites me the most is that I can impact the state in such a powerful way and fulfill Dr. Blackburn’s vision of improving the lives of the people of Alabama,” Westbrook said…He is now an associate professor in the UA College of Education in the educational leadership, policy and technology studies department at the University…
Bragg favors a new constitution because it helps plight of the poor
Huntsville Times – Aug. 28
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg was a logical choice as guest speaker at the annual Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform luncheon in memory of the group’s founder, the late newspaperman Bailey Thomson…Another link between speaker and honoree is that Bragg now occupies the same office as Thomson did in the Journalism Department at the University of Alabama before he died of a heart attack in 2003…
Students Choice Awards come to Tuscaloosa
Crimson White – Aug. 28
…The SGA is starting a new program called the Student Choice Awards that will enable students to share their knowledge of student-friendly businesses with their peers…The Student Choice Awards will be a voting program where students can vote online for their favorite businesses in Tuscaloosa from September through October, according to the resolution…