On This Day In Alabama History: Kathryn Tucker Windham Born In Selma

Alabama News Center | June 2, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

June 2, 1918

Author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham was born in Selma. Windham used a variety of media to relay her love for Southern culture and the human experience to the public. She published 29 books, including an eight-book series of ghost stories, and worked as an award-winning journalist for several Alabama newspapers. Her commentaries ran on Alabama Public Radio for more than two decades and, from 1985 to 1987, also ran on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Her achievements led to numerous awards and distinctions, including an induction into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame and the creation of the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum in Thomasville.

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