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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, Alabama is predominantly a 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 march made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)

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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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The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri. While it is the world's largest made of iron, it is also among the nation's tallest statues of any kind. (Full article...)

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Image 1Dauphin Street in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 2Tornado damage in Phil Campbell following the statewide April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from Alabama)
Image 3The 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 4Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 5The 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 6Alabama's population density, 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 7Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 8Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 9Blast 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 10The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 111823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 12Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 13The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 14The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 15Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 16Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 171725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 18Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 19Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 20Harrison 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 21The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 22Ethnic origins in Alabama (from Alabama)
Image 23Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 24Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 25Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 26Lighthouse on Guntersville Lake (from Alabama)
Image 27Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 28The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 29Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 30The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 31Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 32Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 33Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 34Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)
Image 35The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 36Map of Alabama from the National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from Alabama)
Image 37Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)

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Image 39Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 40The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 41Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2024. (from Alabama)
Image 42Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 43William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 44The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 45Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)
Image 46Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 47The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 48Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 49Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 50A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 51Flag of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 52Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 53Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 54Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)

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... that David Wheeler was running for re-election to the Alabama House of Representatives unopposed in the Republican primary when he died in 2022?
... that Jennifer Bates led thousands of Amazon warehouse workers to petition a vote for a union in Bessemer, Alabama?
... that Huntsville, Alabama, is nicknamed Rocket City?
... 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 USFL is in talks with officials from Birmingham, Alabama, with the goal of hosting the entirety of the 2022 USFL season in the city?
... that the Alabama Crimson Tide's loss to the LSU Tigers in their 2019 football game broke a 31-game home winning streak?

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