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Sims, James Marion
(Encyclopedia) Sims, James Marion, 1813–83, American gynecologist and surgeon, b. Lancaster co., S.C., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1835. He initially practiced in Mt. Meigs and…Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison
(Encyclopedia) Van de Graaff, Robert JemisonVan de Graaff, Robert Jemisonvăn də gräf [key], 1901–67, American physicist, b. Tuscaloosa, Ala., grad. Univ. of Alabama (B.S., 1922), Ph.D. Oxford, 1928.…Bankhead, John Hollis
(Encyclopedia) Bankhead, John HollisBankhead, John Hollisbăngkˈhĕd [key], 1872–1946, American politician, b. Moscow, Ala.; brother of William Brockman Bankhead. He was elected to the Alabama…Freedom Riders
(Encyclopedia) Freedom Riders, American civil-rights demonstrators who engaged (1961) in nonviolent protests against segregation of public interstate buses and terminals in the South. From the 1940s…Lee, Harper
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Harper (Nelle Harper Lee), 1926–2016, American novelist, b. Monroeville, Ala. A member of an old Southern family and related to Robert E. Lee, she was a lifelong friend of Truman…Cumberland Plateau
(Encyclopedia) Cumberland Plateau or Cumberland Mountains, southwestern division of the Appalachian Mt. system, extending northeast to southwest through parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky,…Claxton, Philander Priestly
(Encyclopedia) Claxton, Philander Priestly, 1862–1957, American educator, b. Bedford co., Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee (B.A., 1882; M.A., 1887) and studied at Johns Hopkins and in Germany. After…U.S. State Flags: Alabama – Louisiana
Alabama – Louisiana Maine – Oklahoma Oregon – Wyoming Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii…Alabama: Asian persons, percent, 2000
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