S. Kirkland's guest appearances

S. Kirkland

Alabama History Podcasts

John Sledge

Steve Murray

Laura Hill

Laura Murray

Andrew Nelson

Charles Roberts

Dale Cox

Richard Bailey

Jim Day

Ben Severance

Frazine Taylor

David Alsobrook

Frye Gaillard

Wayne Flynt

Charles Oscar

OwlTail

R. Bailey

Charles Oscar Harris was a long-time Alabama legislator and community leader during and after Reconstruction. Through genealogical research, his Black and White descendants discovered each other.  With Dr. Richard Bailey, they discuss Harris's historical importance, and with Scotty Kirkland they discuss the process of securing a historical marker.  This is part of the Alabama Historical Association Facebook Live series, "2020 &amp; the Future of Alabama History.  Recorded on November 17, 2020.

Episode 043: B.Hilyer, S. Davis, R. Bailey, S. Kirkland On Charles Oscar Harris

Emily Blewjas (Alabama Folklife Association) and Dr. Alex Covin (Alabama Women's Suffrage Centennial Committee) discuss two William G. Pomeroy Foundation funded marker programs. Scotty Kirkland (Alabama Historical Association Marker Committee) discusses the AHA's historical marker program that's operated since the 1950s.

Episode 042: 2021 National Historic Marker Day w/ E. Blejwas, A. Covin, & S. Kirkland

Dr. Christine Sears (UAH History), Drew Adan (UAH Archives), Vaughn Bocchino (independent scholar), and Scotty Kirkland (chair of the Alabama Historical Association Marker Committee)talk about documenting, placing a historical marker, and involving the community in programs concerning the Avalon Plantation and its cemetery, the site of the University of Alabama at Huntsville campus. This is part of the AL Hist Assn's "2020 and the Future of Alabama History" series. It was presented on November 11, 2020 via Facebook Live.

Episode 041: C. Sears, D. Adan, V. Bocchino, S. Kirkland on the Avalon Plantation at UAH