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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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Eaton in 1991

Bobby Lee Eaton (August 14, 1958 – August 4, 2021) was an American professional wrestler best known as "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton. He was most famous for his work in tag teams, especially as one-half of The Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, he originally teamed with Dennis Condrey and, later on, with Stan Lane. He also worked with a number of other tag team partners, including Arn Anderson, Koko B. Ware, Steve Keirn, and Lord Steven Regal.

Over the course of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 2015, Eaton wrestled for extended periods of time for various wrestling promotions: NWA Mid-America, Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. He also made brief guest appearances for Extreme Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and a considerable number of independent wrestling promotions over the years. He held a large number of championships, including the NWA/WCW World Tag Team Championship on three occasions. Eaton was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019. (Full article...)

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Montgomery along the Alabama River

Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Continental Army Major General Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 200,603 at the 2020 census. It is the third-most populous city in the state after Huntsville and Birmingham, and is the 128th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2022 was 385,460; it is the fourth largest in the state and 142nd among United States metropolitan areas.

The city was incorporated in 1819 as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It replaced Tuscaloosa as the state capital in 1846, representing the shift of power to the south-central area of Alabama with the growth of cotton as a commodity crop of the Black Belt and the rise of Mobile as a mercantile port on the Gulf Coast. In February 1861, Montgomery was chosen the first capital of the Confederate States of America, which it remained until the Confederate seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May of that year. In the middle of the 20th century, Montgomery was a major center of events and protests in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches. (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 2Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 3Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 4The 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 5The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 6Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 7Harrison 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 8Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 9Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 10Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 11The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 12Alabama's population density, 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 13The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 14Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 15Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 16Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 17Lighthouse on Guntersville Lake (from Alabama)
Image 18Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)

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Image 20Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 21The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 22Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 23Ethnic origins in Alabama (from Alabama)
Image 24Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 25Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 26Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 27Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 28Tornado damage in Phil Campbell following the statewide April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from Alabama)
Image 29Blast 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 30The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 31Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 32Map of Alabama from the National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from Alabama)
Image 33The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 34Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 35Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 361823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 37Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 38Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2024. (from Alabama)
Image 39Flag of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 40William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 41Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 42The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 43Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use 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 45The 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 46Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 47Dauphin Street in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 48The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 49The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 50The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 51Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 52Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 531725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 54Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)

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... that Rick Rehm attributed his surprise victory in an Alabama election to grassroots campaigning, while his opponent attributed it to straight-ticket voting?
... that "Honest Ike" stole more than $200,000 from the Alabama treasury?
... 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 the Alabama Crimson Tide's loss to the LSU Tigers in their 2019 football game broke a 31-game home winning streak?
... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins?
... that the 2022 USFL playoffs and championship game could not be played in Birmingham, Alabama, as the rest of the season was, due to the 2022 World Games?

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