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Alabama ( 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 tree is the longleaf pine , and the state flower is the camellia . 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.
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 march made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article... )
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There are 60 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Alabama . The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is the largest university in the state with 38,100 enrolled for fall 2019. Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama is the largest two-year college, with an enrollment of just over 8,000. The smallest institution is Heritage Christian University , a Churches of Christ -affiliated seminary , with an enrollment of 86 students. The oldest institution is Athens State University in Athens founded in 1822. There are also 8 four-year and 3 two-year historically black colleges and universities which is more than any other state.
The majority of Alabama's colleges and universities are accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), although several are accredited by the
Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE), the
Council on Occupational Education (COE), or the
Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). (
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Frederick Carlton Lewis OLY (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals , one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won an Olympic event. He is one of only six Olympic athletes who won a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games.
Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper who topped the world rankings in the
100 m ,
200 m and
long jump events frequently from 1981 to the early 1990s. He set
world records in the 100 m,
4 × 100 m and
4 × 200 m relays , while his
world record in the indoor long jump has stood since 1984. His 65 consecutive victories in the long jump achieved over a span of 10 years is one of the sport's longest undefeated streaks. Over the course of his athletics career, Lewis broke 10 seconds for the 100 meters fifteen times and 20 seconds for the 200 meters ten times. Lewis also long jumped over 28 feet seventy-one times. (
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Image 1 The
Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from
Alabama )
Image 2 Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from
Alabama )
Image 3 Ono Island in Baldwin County (from
Alabama )
Image 5 A stand of
Cahaba lilies (
Hymenocallis coronaria ) in the
Cahaba River , within the
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from
Alabama )
Image 6 Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from
Alabama )
Image 7 Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from
Alabama )
Image 8 Harrison 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 9 Dauphin Street in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 10 The
Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from
Alabama )
Image 11 Interstate 59 (co-signed with
Interstate 20 ) approaching
Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from
Alabama )
Image 12 Regions-Harbert Plaza ,
Regions Center , and
Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from
Alabama )
Image 13 Terminal at the
Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from
Alabama )
Image 15 Cliffs at the rim of the
Wetumpka meteorite crater (from
Alabama )
Image 16 The main house, built in 1833, at
Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former
Black Belt plantation. (from
Alabama )
Image 17 Regions Field in Birmingham (from
Alabama )
Image 18 Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 19 Lighthouse on
Guntersville Lake (from
Alabama )
Image 20 The 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 22 Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from
Alabama )
Image 23 Ethnic origins in Alabama (from
Alabama )
Image 24 Alabama's population density, 2010 (from
Alabama )
Image 25 1725 map of
Mobile , Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from
History of Alabama )
Image 26 Map of Alabama from the
National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from
Alabama )
Image 28 The
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 29 Senator
Doug Jones won a
special election in 2017. (from
Alabama )
Image 30 The
State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from
Alabama )
Image 32 Map of counties in Alabama by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Non-Hispanic White 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Black or African American 40–50%
50–60%
70–80%
80–90%
(from
Alabama )
Image 33 Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from
Alabama )
Image 34 The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (from
Alabama )
Image 35 William J. Samford Hall at
Auburn University (from
Alabama )
Image 36 Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from
History of Alabama )
Image 37 Artist's conception of the
Taskigi Site , a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from
History of Alabama )
Image 38 The inauguration of
Jefferson Davis in
Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from
History of Alabama )
Image 39 Artists conception of
Moundville , a
Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from
History of Alabama )
Image 40 The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from
Alabama )
Image 41 Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 42 The Natural Bridge Rock in
Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from
Alabama )
Image 43 Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from
Alabama )
Image 44 The
Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the
Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from
Alabama )
Image 46 Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from
Alabama )
Image 47 Tornado damage in
Phil Campbell following the statewide
April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from
Alabama )
Image 48 Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 49 Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the
University of South Alabama in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 50 1823 Map of Alabama (from
History of Alabama )
Image 51 Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 53 Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from
Alabama )
Image 54 Blast 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 )
... that Fred Plump sued Alabama governor Bob Riley over an appointment to the county commission of Jefferson County ?
... that 2000 Alabama Amendment 2 , which repealed the state's anti-miscegenation laws , was carefully written to avoid legalizing same-sex marriage ?
... that Freetown, Alabama , was founded by free and formerly enslaved African Americans in Alabama, whose church, built in 1929, burned down in 2022?
... that in 1890 Cornelius N. Dorsette , often referred to as the first African-American physician in Alabama, founded Hale Infirmary , a hospital for Black patients and staff in Montgomery ?
... that Oakwood Cemetery contains the graves of Confederate soldiers and officers, English, Canadian, and French World War II pilots, and Hank Williams ?
... that the USFL is in talks with officials from Birmingham, Alabama , with the goal of hosting the entirety of the 2022 USFL season in the city?
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