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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, Alabama is predominantly a 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 march made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)

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Hugh Franklin Culverhouse Sr. (February 20, 1919 – August 25, 1994) was an American businessman, attorney, and sports franchise owner. Culverhouse is best known for having been the longtime owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a successful tax lawyer, and his real estate investments made him wealthy. His work brought him into contact with National Football League team owners, and his failed purchase of the Los Angeles Rams placed him in line to become the owner of the fledgling Buccaneer franchise. He owned the team from its inception until his death.

Culverhouse became one of the most influential team owners in the NFL. Although his teams were rarely competitive on the field, he was credited with modernizing the league. He oversaw the league's course of direction through two player strikes, and the modern league's financial stability is in great part due to his leadership. He held influence for over a decade, before stepping back due to criticism of what other owners saw as his overly-secretive ways. (Full article...)

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Coon Dog Monument

The Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard is a specialized and restricted pet cemetery and memorial in rural Colbert County, Alabama, US. It is reserved specifically for the burials of coon dogs. The cemetery was established by Key Underwood on September 4, 1937. Underwood buried his own dog there, choosing the spot, previously a popular hunting camp where "Troop" did 15 years of service. , more than 300 dogs were buried in the graveyard.

Criteria for burial are fairly well established, albeit being subject to interpretation and application. Only bona fide "coonhounds" are to be buried there. The exact measure of that standard depends on breeding, experience and performance; and seemingly depends on who and when the tale is told and the determination made. (Full article...)

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Image 1Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 21725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 3Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 4Blast 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 5Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 6Ethnic origins in Alabama (from Alabama)
Image 7Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 8The 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 9Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 10The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 11Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 12Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 13Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 14The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 15Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 16The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 17Flag of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 18Dauphin Street in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 19The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 20Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2024. (from Alabama)
Image 21Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 22Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 23Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 24Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 25Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 26William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 27The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 28The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 29Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 30Lighthouse on Guntersville Lake (from Alabama)
Image 31Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 32Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 33Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 34Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 35Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 36Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 37Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 38Alabama's population density, 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 39Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 40Map of counties in Alabama by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
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  Black or African American
    40–50%
  
    50–60%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Alabama)
Image 41The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 42Tornado damage in Phil Campbell following the statewide April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from Alabama)
Image 43The 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 44A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 451823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 46Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 47The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 48Harrison 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 49Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 50The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 51The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 52Map of Alabama from the National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from Alabama)
Image 53Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 54Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)

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... that Jennifer Bates led thousands of Amazon warehouse workers to petition a vote for a union in Bessemer, Alabama?
... that Andrew Sorrell, State Auditor of Alabama, initially ran for election to the Alabama House of Representatives when his father declined to run for the seat?
... that an episode of the children's TV show Arthur featuring a same-sex wedding was not aired on Alabama's PBS network?
... that Rick Rehm attributed his surprise victory in an Alabama election to grassroots campaigning, while his opponent attributed it to straight-ticket voting?
... that New York City's largest office building is owned by an Alabama pension fund?
... that Brewer Hicklen hosts an annual youth baseball camp in Alabama?

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