250 Years · 50 States · One Historic Milestone
On December 14, 1819, Alabama officially joined the United States as the 22nd state. New t...
Read more →In August 1864, Mobile Bay became the site of one of the most important naval battles of t...
Read more →The Scottsboro Trials began in 1931 and quickly drew attention far beyond Alabama. Questio...
Read more →At Tuskegee Army Air Field, a group of pioneering pilots trained for service during World...
Read more →The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955 and lasted for more than a year. Thousan...
Read more →In 1963, Birmingham became the focus of a series of demonstrations seeking equal rights an...
Read more →In the spring of 1965, citizens gathered in Selma to support equal access to voting. Parti...
Read more →Huntsville earned the nickname Rocket City through its contributions to America's space pr...
Read more →The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park preserves a vessel that served during World War I...
Read more →Today, Alabama is home to a growing network of aerospace, aviation, and defense companies....
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