Alabama
Alabama is a state in the United States. It was the twenty-second state to enter into the union, and was once a member of the Confederacy. Alabama is a state in the South, and it is a red state which tends favor Republicans in elections, particularly on a national level. [1]
Notable People from Alabama
Hank Aaron, who holds the Major League Baseball record for most home runs hit, is from Mobile.
Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, lived in Monroeville.
Martin Luther King, Jr., a civil rights activist, lived in Montgomery.
Joe Louis, a boxer who is the only famous athlete to be buried in Arlington Cemetery, lived in Lafayette.
Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist who became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, lived in Tuskegee.
Condoleeza Rice, the current US Secretary of State, was born in Birmingham.