The Flag of Alabama Alabama AL -ə-BAM -əstate 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 Statestate 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...
Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team 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...
Conecuh Ridge Whiskey 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" 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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The following are images from various Alabama-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2 Alabama's population density, 2010 (from
Alabama )
Image 3 Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from
History of Alabama )
Image 4 Cliffs at the rim of the
Wetumpka meteorite crater (from
Alabama )
Image 5 Senator
Doug Jones won a
special election in 2017. (from
Alabama )
Image 6 The
Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from
Alabama )
Image 7 The
State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from
Alabama )
Image 8 The
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 9 William J. Samford Hall at
Auburn University (from
Alabama )
Image 10 Terminal at the
Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from
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Image 11 Regions-Harbert Plaza ,
Regions Center , and
Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from
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Image 12 Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from
Alabama )
Image 13 Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from
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Image 15 Regions Field in Birmingham (from
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Image 16 Artists conception of
Moundville , a
Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from
History of Alabama )
Image 17 A stand of
Cahaba lilies (
Hymenocallis coronaria ) in the
Cahaba River , within the
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from
Alabama )
Image 18 Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from
Alabama )
Image 19 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
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Image 20 Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 21 The main house, built in 1833, at
Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former
Black Belt plantation. (from
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Image 22 Tornado damage in
Phil Campbell following the statewide
April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from
Alabama )
Image 23 Interstate 59 (co-signed with
Interstate 20 ) approaching
Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from
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Image 24 The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (from
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Image 26 Ono Island in Baldwin County (from
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Image 27 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 )
Image 30 Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from
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Image 31 Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from
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Image 32 The
Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from
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Image 33 Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from
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Image 34 Ethnic origins in Alabama (from
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Image 35 Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from
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Image 36 Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the
University of South Alabama in Mobile (from
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Image 37 Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from
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Image 38 Dauphin Street in Mobile (from
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Image 39 1823 Map of Alabama (from
History of Alabama )
Image 40 Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from
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Image 41 Lighthouse on
Guntersville Lake (from
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Image 42 Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from
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Image 43 Artist's conception of the
Taskigi Site , a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from
History of Alabama )
Image 45 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 Map of Alabama from the
National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from
Alabama )
Image 47 The inauguration of
Jefferson Davis in
Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from
History of Alabama )
Image 48 The Natural Bridge Rock in
Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from
Alabama )
Image 50 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 51 Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 52 The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from
Alabama )
Image 53 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 54 1725 map of
Mobile , Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from
History of Alabama )
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