In 1960, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was established in Huntsville, boosting Alabama’s economic growth by developing a local aerospace industry.
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The 1901 Constitution of Alabama included provisions for voter registration that effectively disenfranchised large portions of the population, including nearly all African Americans, Native Americans, and tens of thousands of poor European Americans. It also required racial segregation of ...Read more
Some notable natural wonders in Alabama include:Natural Bridge rock, the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County Ecor Rouge in Fairhope DeSoto Caverns in Childersburg Noccalula Falls in Gadsden Dismals Canyon near Phil Campbell Stephens Gap Cave in Jackson County Little ...Read more
Greater Birmingham is Alabama’s largest metropolitan area and its economic center.
Notable civil rights events in Alabama included the Montgomery bus boycott (1955β1956), Freedom Rides in 1961, and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. These events contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting ...Read more
While part of the same large language family, the Muskogean-speaking tribes in Alabama developed distinct cultures and languages.
Of the 383 mollusk species, 113 have never been collected outside of Alabama.
Alabama ranks ninth in the number of deaths from lightning and tenth in the number of deaths from lightning strikes per capita.
Experts in the Muskogean languages have not found any evidence to support the translation of “Alabama” as ‘Here We Rest’.
The first Constitutional Convention for Alabama was held in Huntsville from July 5 to August 2, 1819.
Nah, not really. π The whole idea that "Alabama" means "Here We Rest" is basically a myth. It sounds cool and poetic, but historians and language experts say there's no real evidence for it.The name βAlabamaβ actually comes from the language of Native American tribes β probably from the Choctaw or aRead more
Nah, not really. π
The whole idea that “Alabama” means “Here We Rest” is basically a myth. It sounds cool and poetic, but historians and language experts say there’s no real evidence for it.
The name βAlabamaβ actually comes from the language of Native American tribes β probably from the Choctaw or a related language β and itβs more about plants or clearing land than napping vibes π.
Like, it might have something to do with “thicket clearers” or “plant gatherers,” not “letβs chill here forever.”
In short: βHere We Restβ = β¨pretty storyβ¨, but not historically legit.
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