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Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (3rd ed. 2018; 1st ed. 1994), 816pp; the standard scholarly history online older edition; online 2018 edition; Alabama State Department of Education. History of Education in Alabama (Bulletin 1975, No. 7.O) Online free; Bridges, Edwin C. Alabama: The Making of an American State (2016) 264pp excerpt
The location of the state of Alabama in the United States of America. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Alabama: Alabama – 22nd U.S. state to be admitted to the Union, which is located in the South.
Alabama is the thirtieth-largest state in the United States with 52,419 square miles (135,760 km 2) of total area: 3.2% of the area is water, making Alabama 23rd in the amount of surface water, also giving it the second-largest inland waterway system in the United States. [87]
The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the official repository of archival records for the U.S. state of Alabama. Under the direction of Thomas M. Owen its founder, the agency received state funding by an act of the Alabama Legislature on February 27, 1901.
The Alabama state legislature formed additional counties from former native lands as the Indian Removal Act took effect and settlers populated different areas of Alabama. [5] In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama.
George Wallace holds the record as the longest-serving governor in Alabama history with 16 years of service. The governor also is commander-in-chief of the state's military forces, which consist of the Alabama Army National Guard and Alabama Air National Guard, which are part of the National Guard of the United States. As commander-in-chief ...
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1898–1900) Alabama Cooperative Extension System; Alabama Fever; Alabama Historical Association; Alabama Historical Society; Alabama Review; Alabama State Sovereignty Commission
The Alabama Humanities Foundation (est. 1974), is "the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities". [4] It began as the "Committee for the Humanities and Public Policy" and in 1986 was renamed "Alabama Humanities Foundation." In 2020, the organization was renamed Alabama Humanities Alliance. [5]