CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/6/2019

Andrew Moore on 'Blue Alabama' at Marengo County History & Archive Museum, Alabama

Sunday, October 6 at 2 PM, the Marengo County Historical Society presents photographer Andrew Moore, speaking about and signing Blue Alabama, his new book focused on the Black Belt region of Alabama. Over four years spent in lower Alabama, Moore searched for what he called “that ‘deep history’ which resides in the humblest of settings.” Alabama’s Black Belt―named for its fertile soil and deeply associated with the region’s African American culture―has that history.

Moore’s photographs of the Black Belt honor its complicated histories but depart from them, avoiding stereotypes and finding the hope, resilience and creativity that animate this place. With the photographer acting “as a listener at history’s doorstep,” Blue Alabama offers a tender, surprising portrait of the South―a region marked by economic, social and cultural divisions, but also a love of history, tradition and land. The book includes a previously unpublished story by award-winning American novelist Madison Smartt Bell.

Marengo County History & Archive Museum
Rosenbush Building
Sunday, October 6: 2 PM
101 North Walnut Avenue
Demopolis, AL 36732
334-289-0599