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Alabama (/ˌæləˈbæmə/ ^ⓘ AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states.

Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville. Its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists (Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. Greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center. Politically, as part of the Deep South, or "Bible Belt", Alabama is a predominantly conservative state and is known for its Southern culture. Within Alabama, American football, particularly at the college level, plays a major part of the state's culture.

Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the American Revolutionary War. Spain held Mobile as part of Spanish West Florida until 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major producer of cotton and widely used African American slave labor. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the American Civil War, Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a few cash crops being the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed Jim Crow laws from the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the Selma to Montgomery marches made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)

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Evans in Washington, D.C., 1925

Hiram Wesley Evans (September 26, 1881 – September 14, 1966) was an American dentist and political activist who served as the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, an American white supremacist group, from 1922 to his resignation in 1939.

A native of Alabama, Evans attended Vanderbilt University studying dentistry. He operated a small, moderately successful practice in Texas until 1920, when he joined the Klan's Dallas chapter. He quickly rose through the ranks and was part of a group that ousted William Joseph Simmons from the position of Imperial Wizard, the national leader, in November 1922. Evans succeeded him and sought to transform the group into a political power. (Full article...)

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The University of Montevallo is a public university in Montevallo, Alabama. Founded on October 12, 1896, the university is Alabama's only public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. The University of Montevallo Historic District was established on campus in 1979. The school is located in a rural location in central Alabama. (Full article...)

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Image 1Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 2Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 3Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)
Image 4A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 51823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 6William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 7Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 8Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 9Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 101725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 11Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 12Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 13The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 14Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 15The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 16The developing skyline of Birmingham, 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 17Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 18Harrison Plaza at the University of North Alabama in Florence. The school was chartered as LaGrange College by the Alabama Legislature in 1830. (from Alabama)
Image 19The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 20Map of Alabama from the National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from Alabama)
Image 21Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 22Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 23Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 24Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 25Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 26Flag of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 27Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 28The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)

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Image 30The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 31Alabama's population density, 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 32The Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in Montgomery. It houses the Supreme Court of Alabama, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, and Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. (from Alabama)
Image 33The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 34Blast furnaces such as the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's Ensley Works made Birmingham an important center for iron production in the early 20th century. (from History of Alabama)
Image 35Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 36George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2017 (from Alabama)
Image 37Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 38Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 39Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 40Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 41Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2024. (from Alabama)
Image 42Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 43Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 44The former Mount Sinai School in rural Autauga County, completed in 1919. It was one of the 387 Rosenwald Schools built in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 45Tornado damage in Phil Campbell following the statewide April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from Alabama)
Image 46Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 47The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 48The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 49The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 50Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 51Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 52Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)

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... that Jack Biddle was the first and only person to be elected to the Alabama Legislature as a Democratic, Republican, and independent representative?
... that Huntsville, Alabama, is nicknamed Rocket City?
... that Alabama and Clemson played each other in the championship game of the second and third College Football Playoffs?
... that an Alabama TV station fired nearly its entire news staff and replaced its newscasts with a countdown clock for more than a month?
... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins?
... that "Honest Ike" stole more than $200,000 from the Alabama treasury?

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