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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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Debra in May 1999

Debra Gale Marshall (formerly McMichael and Williams; born March 2, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestling valet, professional wrestler, and actress. She is best known for her time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1995 and 1998 as Queen Debra and with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1998 and 2002 as simply Debra.

Marshall began her career in professional wrestling in 1995, accompanying her husband Steve "Mongo" McMichael to the ring in WCW. She joined the WWF in 1998, where she managed the tag team of Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart until Hart's in-ring death in May 1999. Later that year, she won the WWF Women's Championship from Sable in an evening gown match. She later appeared on-screen with her second husband Stone Cold Steve Austin until 2002, when the duo left the company. (Full article...)

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Lewis in 2023

Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump. He is one of six athletes to win gold in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games, and is one of two people to win gold in the same individual athletics event in four Olympic Games, along with USA discus thrower Al Oerter. He is the head track and field coach for the University of Houston.

Lewis topped the world rankings in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events frequently from 1981 to the early 1990s. He set world records in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, while his world record in the indoor long jump has stood since 1984. His 65 consecutive victories in the long jump over a span of ten years is one of the sport's longest undefeated streaks. Lewis broke 10 seconds for the 100 meters fifteen times and 20 seconds for the 200 meters ten times. He also long jumped over 8.53 metres (28 ft) 71 times. (Full article...)

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Image 1Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 2Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 3Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 4Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 5George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2017 (from Alabama)
Image 6Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of 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 8Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 91823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 10Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 11The developing skyline of Birmingham, 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 121725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 13Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)
Image 14William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 15Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 16Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 17Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 18Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 19Reconstruction of the major Mississippian polities in Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 20Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2025. (from Alabama)
Image 21Alabama's population density, 2020 (from Alabama)
Image 22The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 23The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 24Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 25The 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 26Map of counties in Alabama by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    40–50%
  
    50–60%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
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Image 27Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 28The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 29Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 30The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 31Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 32Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 33Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 34Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 35Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 36The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 37The 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 38Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 39Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 40Alabama municipalities (from Alabama)
Image 41Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 42The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 43Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 44The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 45The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 46A large tornado in downtown Cullman during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak, the largest in recorded history (from Alabama)
Image 47Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 48Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 49A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 50Blast 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)

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... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins?
... that the two varieties of Alabama croton are separated by more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles)?
... that Malfunction Junction in Birmingham, Alabama, carried 160,000 vehicles in 2018, instead of 80,000 as it was intended to hold?
... that a 2023 tornado damaged Selma, Alabama, known for civil-rights marches attended by Martin Luther King Jr., just eight days before MLK Day?
... that future Alabama judge Helen Shores Lee's house was bombed twice within two weeks?
... that Bryan Brinyark finished second in an election to the Alabama House of Representatives just 15 votes behind his opponent, but later won a runoff election?

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