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Alabama Black Belt Blues uses slave narratives, archival blues recordings and the recorded music of contemporary African American blues musicians to explore the role this music has played in the region from slavery onward.

To celebrate its 200th anniversary of statehood, the State of Alabama created a Bicentennial Park in the heart of historic Montgomery and commissioned artist Caleb O’Connor to design a series of sculptural works depicting the state’s full history, from cotton plantations to moon rockets. Alabama: In the Making follows the artist’s incredible work creating these pieces that fully represent the story of Alabama’s people for two centuries.