SPEAKERS BUREAU
This list was used as a resource to help the community choose topics and speakers to share the stories of Tuscaloosa signature events, engage audiences about our community's history and reflect on the future for all citizens of Tuscaloosa.
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Topics Related to Signature Events
Yvonne Wells
Internationally Known Folk Artist and Quilter
The Creation of Tuscaloosa's Bicentennial Quilt
205-393-4921
Caleb O'Connor
Artist
Historical Context of Sculptures Created for the Bicentennial Murals in the Federal Courthouse
808-385-0636
Guy W. Hubbs
Author of The History of Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama Press 2019)
Tuscaloosa: Where the Past Lives with Today
205-535-2858
Ian Crawford
Creator of the Tuscaloosa Walking Tour app, UA faculty member and co-chair of the Tuscaloosa 200 Education Committee
Tuscaloosa's Architectural History
Antebellum Gardens of Alabama
Challenges and Success in Historic Preservation
Lost Buildings of Alabama
334-332-1768
Carolyn Breckinridge
Author of Novels set in Tuscaloosa
Turning Fact into Fiction
205-345-0071
205-799-1085
History & Civil Rights
Literature
Dr. Scott Bridges
President, Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Trail Foundation
The Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Trail: Eighteen sites and eighteen stories
The Rosenwald "School of Hope" and Black Education at the turn of the 20th Centry
205-292-0738
Donald Brown
Author and Former Executive Editor of the Tuscaloosa News
A Journalist's Perspective of Tuscaloosa in 2019: How did we get here?
205-348-9758
Dr. Ian W. Brown
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa Cemeteries
205-345-0071
205-348-9758
Milton Denny
Author, Land Survey Historian, Professional Land Surveyor
Tuscaloosa, Canebrake and the Black Warrior River at the time of Statehood 1819: A study on the beginnings of Tuscaloosa and the importance of the Black Warrior River.
Beginning of the Government Land System in Alabama and the role it played in the future of Tuscaloosa from 1805 until 1855: What happened to cities that existed before the rectangular system was started, how it affects Tuscaloosa Today.
Warrior River boat traffic from 1800 until 1950's: From Indian Canoes to Keel boats to Paddlewheel boats to modern Tug boats. The history of locks and dams that made the Black Warrior a year around river.
205-799-7980
Jim Ezell
Historian and "Tales of Tuscaloosa" Columnist for Druid City Living Magazine
Sharing "Tales" from Tuscaloosa's 200-Year History
205-345-0071
Steve Davis
Historian, The Alabama Department of Mental Health
Ellen Peter-Bryce: First Lady of Bryce
Records of Bryce Hospital: What's there, what's not and what is available to the public
205-507-8330
Robert Heath
Dean of Sheppard Library, Stillman College
History of Stillman College
205-366-8851
Dr. Howard Jones
UA Professor of History Emeritus, Author of Mutiny on the Amistad
Stephen Spielberg's invitation to the Joneses to visit the Hollywood set during the filming of the movie "Amistad," based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship La Amistad.
205-339-5044
205-799-2052
Richard Rhone
Retired Educator and OLLI Program Presenter
Biographical Sketches (in costume) of Historical Leaders of Tuscaloosa and Alabama
205-462-0813
Chris McIlwain
Attorney and Historian
Alabama in the Civil War
Alabama in 1865
Alabamians and the Lincoln Assassination
205-345-6789
Al Spencer
Vice President for Economic Development and Public Policy for the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
Tuscaloosa's Economic Highs and Lows through 200 Years
205-391-0329
Dr. Doug Phillips
Environmental Educator and Executive Producer, Discovering Alabama
Celebrating the Natural Resources of Tuscaloosa and Alabama
205-348-2039
Danny Steele
Community Activist
"In their own words": An evening with Tuscaloosa foot soldiers and their battle for citizenship
205-886-0471
Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum Volunteers
Jennie Claybrook
History and future of this free Digital Museum
205-348-5820
Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre
What's Your Story? Tuscaloosa's history is told through music and performed by children. The 30-minute presentation, written by Richard and Mary Livingston, will be performed in locations requested after March 1, 2019
205-393-8595
Taylor Watson
Curator, the Paul W. Bryant Museum
Stripped Down: A Story of Tuscaloosa's Most Colorful Quarter Mile. Memories made on "The Strip" are kept for a lifetime
205-348-9365
Willie Wells
Cordell Wynn Humanities and Fine Arts Center, Stillman College
Bloody Tuesday
205-355-8871