Randall Atcheson
Randall Atcheson is an American concert pianist. Life and career Randall Atcheson, the son of a Southern Baptist Minister (Christianity), minister, was raised in Maplesville, Alabama and Clanton, Alabama.Alabama Music Hall of Fame,Alabama Music Hall of Fame Achiever – Randall Atcheson" Retrieved November 18, 2010 He began studying piano at the age of six and added the organ at the age of nine. By the time he was 12 years old, he was enrolled in the Samford University School of Music in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1971, Atcheson transferred to New York city's Juilliard School where he went on to become the first student allowed to pursue and receive simultaneous degrees in piano and organ performance. He made his New York public performance debut at the Juilliard's Alice Tully Hall playing both instruments.Bernard Holland."MUSIC: DEBUTS IN REVIEW; Randall Atcheson Plays On Organ and Piano" April 5, 1981, The New York Times, Retrieved November 18, 2010 In the course of his career, At ...
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Selma, Alabama
Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About 80% of the population is African-American. Selma was a trading center and market town during the antebellum years of King Cotton in the South. It was also an important armaments-manufacturing and iron shipbuilding center for the Confederacy during the Civil War, surrounded by miles of earthen fortifications. The Confederate forces were defeated during the Battle of Selma, in the final full month of the war. In modern times, the city is best known for the 1960s civil rights movement and the Selma to Montgomery marches, beginning with "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 and ending with 25,000 people entering Montgomery at the end of the last march to press for voting rights. This activism generated national attention for social justice and that summer ...
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