Alabama

There are several living here that few people know about. A few right off the top of my head are:

Ruben Studdard (American Idol) Birmingham AL

Tonea Stewart (In the Heat of the Night) Montgomery AL

Randy Owen (Country singer) Fort Payne AL

Nick Latour (Actor-deceased) Montgomery AL

Several country singers reside in Enterprise AL.

Alabama Highway Patrol's motto is 'Courtesy, Service, Protection'.

Yes, Native American's are located throughout the US, as well as the world. There is only one small Indian reservation in Alabama at this time, located along the border to Louisiana. The Creek Indians (Called [the] Poarch Creek; from the town of Poarch and their origins of Creek) live on a 230 acre reservation, and number 2,300 as of the last reporting.

You'll be arrested and charged with driving without a license and driving without insurance (I assume), at the very least. Not to mention that these charges may negatively affect your future chances of obtaining a drivers license.

The fine for a speeding ticket in Alabama for going 68 in a 55 miles per hour zone is $164.00. A ticket for improper passing in Alabama is also $164.

I know here in CA unless they are being home schooled, they cannot pull you out of school. Social Services can take your child away from you for not enrolling you in school. * The age for compulsory education in Alabama is 16. That being the case the parents could remove a child from school even if the child objects to the act. If the parents are taking the action for reasons of protection of the minor child or other valid issues authorities would not intervene except to suggest family counseling. The student has the option of enlisting assistance from the school counselor or other staff members if he or she believes the parents are not acting in his or her best interest.

Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861 on January 11th because Alabama was one of the states where it was allowed to hold slaves and the other states wouldn't allow it so Alabama wanted to be part of the CSA so they could hold slaves so they seceded from the USA. krL(:

The first state to recognize Christmas as a legal holiday was Alabama in 1836.

The right to an attorney when accused of of a capital crime and adequate time to prepare for defense. The right to be tried by a fair and impartial jury of his peers and fundamental fairness

Montgomery is one of the most historic places it has been voted a most historic city and is most liked places by the tourist As so many tourist come to visit it has amazing places to visit and many things to do.

The Alabama people were an indigenous people who inhabited the region when Europeans first settled it. The word 'Alabama' means 'human being' in their language, which is of the Muskogean language group.

The European history of Alabama dates back to Spanish explorers in 1519. With that said, it's clear that the state has histories that can fill volumes of information. Certainly Alabama's history with regards to the US Civil War is important. It became in the antebellum days a heavily populated slave plantation state. It sought to retain its social and economic status by joining the Confederacy. Battles in the Civil War were fought in Alabama and its City of Mobile became an important Southern port and ship building facility.
Happily slavery was eliminated, however, the state has racial issues to deal with in modern times.

The official state wildflower of Alabama is the oak-leaf hydrangea. It was designated as such in 1999.

Native American's settled that region around 60,000 years before Columbus was born, colonists settled it because they wanted the land and could kill the present land owners to take it.

The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.

Other USS Alabama's have been a part of the US Fleet but the best known is a Battleship the BB-60 which is in display at Mobile Bay.

There were 37 delegates to the convention, who met to establish the government of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. Four days later they convened the first session of the Provisional Confederate Congress.

Georgia and Mississippi. The other two are Florida and Tennessee.

* St. Stephens was the Capital of the Territory of Alabama in 1817. * Huntsville was the State Capital in 1819. * Cahawba was the State Capital in 1820. * Tuscaloosa was the State Capital in 1826. * Montgomery became the State Capital in 1846 and * Montgomery was the Confederate State Capital in 1861.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, and was arrested and fined. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956) and eventually to the judicial invalidation of segregated seating laws for public transportation.

The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women on a train in 1931. Their trials are used as examples of the miscarriage of justice, particularly since all white juries were used. Even though there was evidence that they had not committed a crime and one of the women recanted her testimony, the jury convicted them. Several more iterations, with different judges in Alabama, took place. An appeal to the Supreme Court (Powell vs Alabama) ruled that African Americans had to be included on juries, and that the defendents rights had been disregarded and retrials were ordered. Charges were finally dropped for four of the nine defendants. Sentences for the rest ranged from 75 years to death.
Haywood Patterson was convicted of rape and sentenced to 75 yearsPatterson escaped from prison in 1948; he published The Scottsboro Boy in 1950. In 1951, he was convicted of assault and died of cancer in 1952. In 2013 the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a posthumous pardon. Clarence Norris was convicted of rape and sexual assault and sentenced to death. In 1938, his sentence was commuted to life in prison. He was paroled in 1946. The Last of the Scottsboro Boys was published in 1979. Norris died on January 23, 1989. Andrew Wright was convicted of rape and sentenced to 99 years. After violating parole, he returned to prison until being released in 1950. In 2013 the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a posthumous pardon. Charlie Weems was convicted of rape and sentenced to 105 years in prison. After twelve years in prison he was paroled in 1943. In 2013 the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a posthumous pardon. Ozie Powell suffered permanent brain damage in a prison altercation; he pleaded guilty to assaulting a deputy and was sentenced to 20 years. The state dropped the rape charges as part of this plea bargain. Powell was released from prison in 1946. In 1937, the state of Alabama dropped all charges against Willie Roberson, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, and Roy Wright. The four had spent over six years in prison.

i think he died, when he went to go and take over a city someone shot him in the head when he tried to escape

On December 14th, 1819 Alabama was pronounced the 22nd state.