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Alabama ( 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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The 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football season . It marked the Crimson Tide's 118th overall season of playing college football , 79th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and 21st within the SEC Western Division . The team was led by head coach Nick Saban , in his sixth year, and played its home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . It finished the season with a record of 13 wins and 1 loss (13–1 overall, 7–1 in the SEC), as SEC champion and as consensus national champion after it defeated Notre Dame in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game .
After they captured the
2011 national championship , the Crimson Tide signed a highly rated
recruiting class in February 2012 and completed spring practice the following April. With twelve returning starters from the previous season, Alabama entered the 2012 season as the defending national champions, ranked as the number two team in the nation and as a favorite to win the Western Division and compete for both the SEC and national championships. The Crimson Tide opened the season with nine consecutive victories that included one over
Michigan at a neutral site and a come-from-behind victory on the road at
Louisiana State University (LSU) . In their tenth game, Alabama was
upset by
Texas A&M , and dropped to the number four position in the rankings. However, after a series of upsets and victories in their final three games that included winning the SEC Championship over
Georgia , Alabama qualified for the
2013 BCS National Championship Game against
Notre Dame , where they won 42–14 and captured the 2012 national championship. Alabama were the last team to repeat as champions until
2022 . (
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Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores ; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy ", "Sail On ", "Three Times a Lady " and "Still ", with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady " for Kenny Rogers .
In 1981, Richie wrote and produced the single "
Endless Love ", which he recorded as a duet with
Diana Ross ; it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists. In 1982, he officially launched his solo career with the album
Lionel Richie , which sold over four million copies and spawned the singles "
You Are ", "
My Love ", and the number one single "
Truly ". (
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The following are images from various Alabama-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from
Alabama )
Image 3 Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 4 The
State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from
Alabama )
Image 5 Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from
History of Alabama )
Image 6 Interstate 59 (co-signed with
Interstate 20 ) approaching
Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from
Alabama )
Image 7 Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from
Alabama )
Image 8 Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 9 The main house, built in 1833, at
Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former
Black Belt plantation. (from
Alabama )
Image 10 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%
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Alabama )
Image 11 Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 13 Ethnic origins in Alabama (from
Alabama )
Image 14 Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from
Alabama )
Image 15 Alabama's population density, 2010 (from
Alabama )
Image 16 Terminal at the
Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from
Alabama )
Image 17 Senator
Doug Jones won a
special election in 2017. (from
Alabama )
Image 18 Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from
Alabama )
Image 19 Artists conception of
Moundville , a
Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from
History of Alabama )
Image 20 The inauguration of
Jefferson Davis in
Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from
History of Alabama )
Image 21 Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the
University of South Alabama in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 22 The
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from
Alabama )
Image 23 The Natural Bridge Rock in
Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from
Alabama )
Image 24 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 25 The
Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from
Alabama )
Image 26 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
Alabama )
Image 27 1725 map of
Mobile , Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from
History of Alabama )
Image 28 Dauphin Street in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 29 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 30 Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from
Alabama )
Image 31 Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from
Alabama )
Image 32 The
Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from
Alabama )
Image 33 Ono Island in Baldwin County (from
Alabama )
Image 34 Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from
Alabama )
Image 36 Lighthouse on
Guntersville Lake (from
Alabama )
Image 37 Map of Alabama from the
National Atlas of the United States (2007) (from
Alabama )
Image 38 Regions-Harbert Plaza ,
Regions Center , and
Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from
Alabama )
Image 39 Cliffs at the rim of the
Wetumpka meteorite crater (from
Alabama )
Image 40 Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from
Alabama )
Image 41 Regions Field in Birmingham (from
Alabama )
Image 42 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 44 Artist's conception of the
Taskigi Site , a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from
History of Alabama )
Image 45 Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from
Alabama )
Image 47 The developing skyline of Birmingham in 1915 (from
Alabama )
Image 48 The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from
Alabama )
Image 49 A stand of
Cahaba lilies (
Hymenocallis coronaria ) in the
Cahaba River , within the
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from
Alabama )
Image 50 William J. Samford Hall at
Auburn University (from
Alabama )
Image 51 Tornado damage in
Phil Campbell following the statewide
April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak (from
Alabama )
Image 52 1823 Map of Alabama (from
History of Alabama )
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