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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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Hamm playing for the United States in 1995

Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm (born March 17, 1972) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward and midfielder for the United States national team from 1987 to 2004. She competed in four editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup, winning in 1991 and 1999. She won gold at the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2004, and won silver in 2000. She was a founding player of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)—the first U.S. professional women's soccer league—where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, helping the team win four NCAA Division I Championship titles. Hailed as a soccer icon, she is widely considered one of the best and most influential female players of all time.

As of March 2026, Hamm ranks third on the list of most international goals scored, by players of any gender. She ranks fourth in U.S. national team appearances (276) and first in international assists (144). She was twice named FIFA World Player of the Year, was named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year five years in a row, and won six ESPY awards, including Best Soccer Player, Best Female Soccer Player and Female Athlete of the Year. The Women's Sports Foundation named her Sportswoman of the Year in 1997 and 1999. (Full article...)

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The First White House of the Confederacy is a historic house in Montgomery, Alabama, which was the initial executive residence of President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis and family during early 1861. Moved from its original location in 1919 and completely furnished with original period pieces from the 1850s and 1860s, the 1835 Italianate-style house is open to the public. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974 and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage since 2012. (Full article...)

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Image 1Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 2Reconstruction of the major Mississippian polities in Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 31725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 4Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 5Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)

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Image 7The 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 8The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 9Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 10Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 11The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 12Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 13A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 14The Mobile Centinel (from History of Alabama)
Image 15Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 16William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 17Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2025. (from Alabama)
Image 18Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 19Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)
Image 201823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 21The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 22Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 23The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 24Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 25The developing skyline of Birmingham, 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 26Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 27Alabama municipalities (from Alabama)
Image 28Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 29Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 30Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 31Blast 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 32Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 33Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 34Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 35The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 36Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 37The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 38Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 39George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2017 (from Alabama)
Image 40The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 41Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 42Harrison 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 43Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 44The 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 45The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 46Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 47A large tornado in downtown Cullman during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak, the largest in recorded history (from Alabama)
Image 48Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 49Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 50Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)

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... that Robert Van de Graaff, inventor of the Van de Graaff generator, turned to physics after injuries kept him from playing football at Alabama?
... 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 Ronald Pickard signed onto the Alabama A&M University swim team, but could not attend for the first three weeks as he was participating in the 1988 Summer Olympics?
... that an Alabama TV station deemed "The Puppy Episode" unsuitable for family viewing?
... that Ronald Pickard signed onto the Alabama A&M University swim team, but could not attend for the first three weeks as he was participating in the 1988 Summer Olympics?
... that future Alabama judge Helen Shores Lee's house was bombed twice within two weeks?

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