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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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Mitchell in Pittsburgh's Super Bowl XLIII parade

John Mitchell Jr. (born October 14, 1951) is an American former football coach and collegiate player. Over the course of his career, Mitchell has broken several racial barriers, one of which was being the first black player for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He served on the staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1994 until his retirement following the 2022 season.

As a player, Mitchell was the first African-American to play football for the storied Alabama Crimson Tide. In his second year with the program he became the first African-American co-captain at the school. The next year, he became the team's first black assistant coach and also the youngest coach to have ever been hired at Alabama. Later he would break another barrier by becoming the first black defensive coordinator in the Southeastern Conference. (Full article...)

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The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama. It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. With headwaters near Birmingham, the Cahaba flows southwest, then at Heiberger turns southeast and joins the Alabama River at the ghost town and former Alabama capital of Cahaba in Dallas County. Entirely within central Alabama, the Cahaba River is 194 miles (312 km) long and drains an area of 1,870 square miles (4,800 km²). The name Cahaba is derived from the Choctaw words oka meaning "water" and aba meaning "above" (Full article...)

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Image 1Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)
Image 2The 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 3The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 4The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 5The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 6Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 7Map of Alabama from the National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from Alabama)
Image 81823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 9Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 10Mississippi territory (from Alabama)
Image 11Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 12The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 13Flag of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 14Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 15The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 161725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 17Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 18Alabama's population density, 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 19Blast 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 20Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 21Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 22Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 23The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 24A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 25Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 26Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 27Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 28Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 29The 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 30Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 31Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 32Tornado damage in Phil Campbell following the statewide April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from Alabama)
Image 33Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 34Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 35The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 36The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 37George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2017 (from Alabama)

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Image 39Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 40Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 41Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 42William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 43The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 44Harrison 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 45Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 46Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 47Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 48Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 49Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 50Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 51Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2024. (from Alabama)
Image 52Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 53The developing skyline of Birmingham, 1915 (from Alabama)

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... that Bob Albright won his first primary election for the Alabama House of Representatives against a neighbor who lived on the same street as him?
... 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 Alabama and Clemson played each other in the championship game of the second and third College Football Playoffs?
... that Oakwood Cemetery contains the graves of Confederate soldiers and officers, English, Canadian, and French World War II pilots, and Hank Williams?
... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins?

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