Founded in August, 1951, GLARE was a monthly magazine devoted to Black social and cultural life in Birmingham, Alabama. According to an editorial introduction in its inaugural issue, "GLARE pictures the better things of life, the pleasant things, the…
Inaugural inductees to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham, Alabama, 1978. From left to right: Sammy Lowe (trumpeter, arranger), Erskine Hawkins (trumpeter, bandleader), Frank Adams (reeds, educator), Amos Gordon (reeds, educator), Haywood…