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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
Its primary mission is the collecting and preserving of archives, documents and artifacts relating to the history of the state. [1] It was the first publicly funded, independent state archives agency in the United States. [2] It subsequently became a model for the establishment of archives in other states. [3]
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 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]
Montgomery, Alabama, was incorporated in 1819, as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River.It became the state capital in 1846. In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May of that year. [1]
The Alabama Constitution, in common with all other state constitutions, defines a tripartite government organized under a presidential system.Executive power is vested in the Governor of Alabama, legislative power in the Alabama State Legislature (bicameral, composed of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate), and judicial power in the Judiciary of 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 ...
In 1954, Patterson's father ran for state attorney general in the state's Democratic primary on a platform promising to eliminate crime in the mob-controlled town of Phenix City, where he lived and across the state. At the time, Alabama was a de facto one-party state dominated by the Democrats, and the Democratic nominee was all but assured of ...