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→Notable People from Alabama
*[[John Hall Buchanan, Jr.]], conservative GOP representative elected as a "Goldwater Republican" who later became a moderate
*[[John Hall Buchanan, Jr.]], conservative GOP representative elected as a "Goldwater Republican" who later became a moderate
*[[Truman Capote]], author of ''In Cold Blood'', lived in Monroeville, though he was born in New Orleans. During his time in Monroeville he was good friends with [[Harper Lee]], author of ''To Kill A Mockingbird.''
*[[Truman Capote]], author of ''In Cold Blood'', lived in Monroeville, though he was born in New Orleans. During his time in Monroeville he was good friends with [[Harper Lee]], author of ''To Kill A Mockingbird.''
*[[Jack Edwards]], conservative Republican elected in 1964 as a "Goldwater Republican" from southern Alabama
*[[Alfred Goldthwaite]], attorney and former state representative
*[[Alfred Goldthwaite]], attorney and former state representative
*[[Joe Jones]], jazz drummer, was born in Chicago but spent his early youth in Alabama.
*Joe Jones, jazz drummer, was born in Chicago but spent his early youth in Alabama.
*[[Helen Keller]] activist for the disabled and in various causes, was born in Tuscumbia.
*[[Helen Keller]] activist for the disabled and in various causes, was born in Tuscumbia.
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], a civil rights activist, lived in Montgomery.
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], a civil rights activist, lived in Montgomery.
*[[Rosa Parks]], a civil rights activist who became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, lived in Tuskegee.
*[[Rosa Parks]], a civil rights activist who became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, lived in Tuskegee.
*[[Walker Percy]], novelist and thinker strongly influenced by Catholicism, was born in Birmingham.
*[[Walker Percy]], novelist and thinker strongly influenced by Catholicism, was born in Birmingham.
*[[Sun Ra]], jazz pianist and band leader; his birth certificate indicates Birmingham as his place of birth though he claimed to have been born on Saturn.
*Sun Ra, jazz pianist and band leader; his birth certificate indicates Birmingham as his place of birth though he claimed to have been born on Saturn.
*[[Condoleezza Rice]], Secretary of State in the George W. Bush Administration, was born in Birmingham.
*[[Condoleezza Rice]], Secretary of State in the George W. Bush Administration, was born in Birmingham.