OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents ALABAMA HISTORY FROM THE WORDS OF ALABAMA AUTHORS.  

March 7: Jerry Armor, author of A Home For  Wayward Boys: The Early History of the Alabama Boys’ Industrial School talks about the work of founder Elizabeth Johnston, who has been called “one of the most influential women who ever lived in Alabama”.  

March 14: Steve Flowers, political commentator, columnist, and author of Goats & Governors: Six Decades of Colorful Alabama Political Stories.  Alabama’s history and politics will be discussed.  

March 21:  Julian McPhillips, author of Civil Rights in My Bones will speak from a lifetime of experience on the dramatic changes in the state’s racial history.  Julian is a civil rights attorney.  

March 28:  Presenter Frye Gaillard, author of The Books That Mattered and Journey to the Wilderness, is a journalist-historian.  He will describe the books that framed thinking and history in the South and memories about the Civil War from his books.