Alabama passed various segregation laws, including segregating jails in 1911, hospitals in 1915, toilets, hotels, and restaurants in 1928, and bus stop waiting rooms in 1945.

By 1903, only 2,980 African Americans were registered to vote in Alabama, despite at least 74,000 being literate. This was a sharp decline from the more than 181,000 eligible to vote in 1900.

A super outbreak of 62 tornadoes hit Alabama in April 2011, killing 238 people and devastating many communities.

Hurricane Ivan caused over $18 billion in damage in Alabama, making it one of the most destructive storms to hit the state in modern history.

Alabama’s slaves were freed by the 13th Amendment in 1865.

Alabama was recognized as a state in December 1819.

Alabama was affected by the 1974 Super Outbreak and was devastated tremendously by the 2011 Super Outbreak, which produced a record amount of tornadoes in the state, totaling 62.

The “Alabama Fever” land rush occurred when settlers and land speculators poured into Alabama to take advantage of fertile land suitable for cotton cultivation after the state was admitted to the Union.

The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County, Alabama, was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. It is the second-largest complex of the classic Middle Mississippian era, after Cahokia in present-day Illinois.