Chilton County [Images of America] by Billy J. Singleton

Chilton County, Alabama, is located south of Birmingham, bordered on the east by the Coosa River and on the west by Talladega National Forest. It is named for a Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who initially opposed secession, but then served the Confederacy. This book of historical photographs for a county that is 10% Black and 7.6% Hispanic has two pictures of Black men and no pictures of any Hispanics. Instead it has lots of pictures of beauty queens, businessmen, and buildings. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2017. 127 pages with black-and-white photogrpahs on every page. 7” X 9” trade paperback