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Alabama (/ˌæləˈbæmə/ ^ⓘ, AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions 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. 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, is part of the state's culture.

Originally the area of Alabama was home to many native tribes. It was a Spanish territory from 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. Alabama rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the American Civil War, it 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 until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the Selma to Montgomery marches made the state a focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)

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The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by their head coach E. B. Beaumont and played their home games at Lakeview Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In what was the inaugural season of Alabama football, the team finished with a record of two wins and two losses (2–2).

William Little of Livingston, Alabama is credited with being responsible for the introduction of football at the university. After playing the game in 1891 while in attendance at a northern prep school, Little returned to Alabama where he helped establish the first team at the university for the 1892 season. The first game in Alabama football history was played on November 11, 1892, against Birmingham High School and was won by the Cadets 56–0. They then split a pair of games with the Birmingham Athletic Club, and closed out the season with a 32–22 loss in the first Iron Bowl against Auburn on February 22, 1893. After the season, Beaumont was fired as head coach and replaced by Eli Abbott for the 1893 season. (Full article...)

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Conecuh Ridge Whiskey is an American distillery located in Alabama that was rebranded as Clyde May's Whiskey in 2017. It is a high-quality, high-proof, aged whiskey that is available as an Alabama-style whiskey, Straight Bourbon and Straight Rye whisky. Originally, it was produced illegally in Alabama during the mid-to-late 20th century by Clyde May, but the brand was legalized by Clyde's son, Kenny May, in 2001.

In 2004, it was designated the official "State Spirit" and “State Beverage” of Alabama by legislative resolution. Later the same year the brand's founder Kenny May was charged with several violations of Alabama liquor laws, to which he pleaded guilty. After a 15-month period during which the whiskey was unavailable for purchase, the brand ownership was restructured and production resumed. (Full article...)

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Image 1Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 2Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 3Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 4The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 5A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 6Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 7Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 8Reconstruction of the major Mississippian polities in Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 9The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 10The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 11Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 12Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 13Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 14The developing skyline of Birmingham, 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 15Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 16Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 17Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 18The 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 19Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 20The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 21Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 22Alabama municipalities (from Alabama)
Image 23Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 24Governor Kay Ivey (from Alabama)
Image 25Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 26The Mobile Centinel (from History of Alabama)
Image 27Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)

Map of counties in Alabama by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

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Image 29Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 30Blast 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 31The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 32The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 33Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 34George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2017 (from Alabama)
Image 351823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 36A large tornado in downtown Cullman during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak, the largest in recorded history (from Alabama)
Image 37Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 38Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 39William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 40Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 41The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 42The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (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 44Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 45Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 46Harrison 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 471725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 48Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 49Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 50Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)

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... that a 2004 ballot measure to repeal Jim Crow laws in Alabama failed after opponents claimed that taxes would spike?
... that Ronald Pickard signed onto the Alabama A&M University swim team, but could not attend for the first three weeks as he was participating in the 1988 Summer Olympics?
... that future Alabama judge Helen Shores Lee's house was bombed twice within two weeks?
... that Ronald Pickard signed onto the Alabama A&M University swim team, but could not attend for the first three weeks as he was participating in the 1988 Summer Olympics?
... that Malfunction Junction in Birmingham, Alabama, carried 160,000 vehicles in 2018, instead of 80,000 as it was intended to hold?
... that Cordova, Alabama, was hit by two tornadoes on the same day in 2011, the second of which was on the ground for more than two hours?

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