Birmingham and Jefferson County
The Birmingham Files
The Hawes murders, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, Anthony Ray Hinton, and Kamille McKinney feature in this Birmingham and Jefferson County volume.
The regional files / Alabama
Alabama.Beyond the headlines.
People, places and the records that connect them.
Discover J.R. Stranahan’s available Alabama books and original companion articles. Begin with a region, examine a documented detail and follow a case into the wider history of its community.
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Montgomery and the River Region
The Montgomery Files
Rhonda Martin, Bernard Whitehurst, Willie Edwards Jr., Viola Liuzzo, and Kimberly Arrington feature in this Montgomery and River Region selection of killings and disappearances.
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Book 03
The Mobile Files
True Crime Alabama: The Mobile Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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Book 04
The Huntsville Files
True Crime Alabama: The Huntsville Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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Book 05
The Tuscaloosa Files
True Crime Alabama: The Tuscaloosa Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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Several regions. One volume.
Collections reprint the regional books listed on each page and add an exclusive statewide file.
Collection
The Complete Files
True Crime Alabama: The Complete Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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A closer look at the record.
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Sources you can follow.
MemorialHistorical context · Library of Congress ↗
The window Wales gave Birmingham after the bombing
Small donations in Wales helped create a stained-glass window for Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. John Petts's surviving designs trace the making of that gift.
Read the articleHow Montgomery saved the Freedom Riders' station
Montgomery's former Greyhound station faced demolition for a courthouse expansion. A preservation effort helped turn it into the Freedom Rides Museum.
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The people come first.
The record guides the story.
These are real lives, not just familiar headlines. Our original articles distinguish what the evidence establishes from what remains uncertain, and show where the information comes from.
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