Selma, Alabama - Selma, Alabama Selma is a city located in Dallas County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 20,512. It is located at latitude 32°25' North, longitude 87°2' West. Concordia College, a college of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, is located in Selma. The city is the county seat of Dallas County. The Zip Code for Selma is 36701. Geography \nSelma is located at 32°24'59" North, 87°1'29" West (32.416416, -87.024733)1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.4 km˛ (14.4 mi˛). 35.9 km˛ (13.9 mi˛) of it is land and 1.5 km˛ (0.6 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 4.02% water. Demographics \nAs of the census2 of 2000, there are 20,512 people, 8,196 households,.
History of Alabama - History of Alabama This is the history of Alabama, United States of America. See also the History of United States. History Among Native American people living in present Alabama in precontact times were Alabama (Alibamu), Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, and Mobile. The first Europeans to enter the limits of the present state of Alabama were Spaniardss, who claimed this region as a part of Florida. It is possible that a member of Panfilo de Narvaez's expedition of 1528 entered what is now southern Alabama, but the first fully authenticated visit was that of Hernando de Soto, who made an arduous but fruitless journey along the Coosa, Alabama and Tombigbee rivers in 1539. The English, too, claimed the region north of the Gulf of Mexico, and the territory.
Dallas County, Alabama - Dallas County, Alabama \nDallas County is a county of the State of Alabama. Its name is in honor of United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas. Its county seat is Selma. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Cities and towns History \nDallas County was established on February 9, 1818. Geography \nAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,573 km˛ (993 mi˛). 2,540 km˛ (981 mi˛) of it is land and 33 km˛ (13 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 1.27% water. Demographics \nAs of the census2 of 2000, there are 46,365 people, 17,841 households, and 12,488 families residing in the county. The population density is 18/km˛ (47/mi˛). There are 20,450 housing units.
Alabama River - Alabama River The Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about six miles above Montgomery. It flows west as far as Selma, then southwest until, about 45 miles from Mobile, it unites with the Tombigbee to form the Mobile and Tensas rivers, which discharge into Mobile Bay. The course of the Alabama is tortuous. Its width varies from 200 to 300 yards, and its depth from 3 to 7 feet. Its length as measured by the United States Geological Survey is 312 miles, and by steamboat measurement, 420 miles. The river crosses the richest agricultural and timber districts of the state, and railways connect it with the mineral regions of north central Alabama. The principal.
Selma - Selma Selma is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Selma, Alabama Selma, Indiana Selma, North Carolina Selma, Oregon This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Montgomery, Alabama - Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is a city located in Montgomery County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 201,568. It is the capital of Alabama, a state of the United States of America. It is the county seat of Montgomery County. Montgomery was named for General Richard Montgomery, who died in the American Revolutionary War attempting to capture Quebec, Canada. It was the first capital of the Confederate States of America. It is located on the north portion of the Alabama River. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr gained national attention for civil rights issues during his tenure as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, 2 blocks from the State Capitol Building. A civil rights memorial has been erected near the still-active.
List of cities in Alabama - List of cities in Alabama The following is a list of the current cities in the U.S. State of Alabama: Abbeville Akron Alabaster Alberta Albertville Alexander City Aliceville Alpine Andalusia Anderson Anniston Arab Ariton Ashford Ashland Ashville Athens Atmore Attalla Auburn Autaugaville Bay Minette Bayou La Batre Bear Creek Beatrice Bessemer Birmingham Blountsville Boaz Brantley Brent Brewton Bridgeport Brierfield Brooksville Brundidge Burlington Butler Calera Camden Carrollton Castleberry Cedar Bluff Centerville Centre Centreville Chapman Chatom Chelsea Cherokee Chickasaw Childersburg Choccolocco Citronelle Clanton Clay Clayton Cleveland Clio Coden Coffeeville Coker Collinsville Columbia Columbiana Coosada Cordova Cottondale Cottonton Cottonwood Courtland Crane Hill Creola Cropwell Crossville Cullman Dadeville Daleville Danville Daphne Dauphin Island Daviston Decatur Delta Demopolis Dora Dothan Double Springs Eastaboga Eclectic Elba Elberta Elkmont Empire Enterprise Equality Eufaula Eutaw Evergreen.
List of television stations in Alabama - List of television stations in Alabama This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the state of Alabama. VHF stations Channel 4: WTVY - CBS - Dothan Channel 5: WKRG - CBS - Mobile Channel 6: WBRC - Fox - Birmingham, FOX 6 Channel 7: WCIQ - PBS - Anniston Channel 7: WVUA - Pax - Tuscaloosa Channel 8: WAKA - CBS - Selma Channel 10: WALA - Fox - Mobile Channel 10: WBIQ - PBS - Birmingham Channel 12: WSFA - NBC - Montgomery Channel 13: WVTM - NBC - Birmingham UHF stations Channel 15: WHDF - UPN - Florence Channel 15: WPMI - NBC - Mobile Channel 18: WDHN - ABC - Dothan Channel 19: WHNT - CBS - Huntsville Channel 20: WCOV -.
Jo Bonner - States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 1st District of Alabama. He was born in Selma, Alabama, was educated at the University of Alabama, and was a lawyer and Congressional staffer before entering the House..
Unitarian Universalism - explicitly include members with Neopagan, Native American and other Nature-centered spiritualities. History Traditionally, Unitarianism was a heretical doctrine emerging out of Christianity that rejected the doctrine of the Trinity. Although this belief was rejected by orthodox Christians, it did have a following in Transylvania in the sixteenth century. Michael Servetus, a Spanish Unitarian, was burned at the stake in Geneva, Switzerland in 1553 on the orders of John Calvin. In the United States, Unitarian churches were formed after a split in the Congregationalist church in New England. Each small town in the region typically had a congregationalist church at the town square. After the split, some of those churches remained congregationalist, while others became Unitarian. Universalism was traditionally a doctrine emerging out of Christianity that rejected the doctrine of hell; instead,.
United States federal judicial district - government (and its employees) in civil suits against them; the U.S. Attorney is not employed by the judicial branch but by the U.S. Department of Justice, part of the executive branch. There is also a Federal Public Defender who represents people charged with federal crimes who cannot afford to hire their own lawyers; some FPDs cover more than one judicial district. The federal judicial districts and the places where the court "sits" (= holds trial) in each district are: Alabama Northern District Florence Huntsville & Decatur Birmingham Anniston Tuscaloosa Gadsden Jasper Middle District Montgomery Dothan Opelika Southern District Selma Mobile Alaska Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Ketchikan Nome Arizona Globe Phoenix Prescott Tucson Arkansas Eastern District Helena Little Rock Pine Bluff Batesville Jonesboro Western District Texarkana El Dorado Fort Smith Harrison Fayetteville Hot.
Edgar Cayce - Kentucky, raised on a farm, and as a young man became a photographer in Selma, Alabama. He is best known for his claimed psychic abilities. He would tell people that, as a young boy, he stunned his parents by being able to sleep on any book and then know the complete contents. This story has no evidence. Cayce was called "the sleeping prophet" as he closed his eyes, seemingly in a trance as he did his "readings." Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Illiterate? 2 His presumed abilities 3 His readings 4 Skeptics respond 5 Final words 6 External Links 7 References Illiterate? In 1910 Dr. Wesley Ketchum submitted an article to the American Society of Clinical Research mentioning Cayce's abilities. With the publication of an October 9, 1910 New York Times.
Edmund Pettus - the civil rights landmark Edmund Pettus Bridge was named, was born in Alabama. He earned his fame as a Confederate brigadier general. Pettus was a lawyer and judge and served throughout the western theater during the Civil War. He resumed his law practice after the war and went on to serve in the U.S. Senate. Pettus died while in his second term in Congress. The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, became a civil rights landmark when on March 7, 1965, a band of civil rights marchers on their way to Montgomery crossed the bridge, only to be attacked by state troopers on the other side..
1965 - February 18 - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom February 20 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. February 21 - Malcolm X is assassinated at his mosque in New York City by Black Muslims. March 7 - Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama March 8 - Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. March 18 - cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space from spacecraft Voskhod 2 March 21 - Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes. March 23 - NASA launches Gemini 3 which is the United States'.
American Civil Rights Movement - were excluded from restaurants and public libraries. Many parks barred them with signs that read "Negroes and dogs not allowed." One municipal zoo went so far as to list separate visiting hours. African Americans were expected to step aside to let a white person pass, and black men dared not look any white woman in the eye. Black men and women were addressed as "Tom" or "Jane" but rarely as "Mr." or "Miss" or "Mrs." A black man was referred to as "boy" and a black woman as "girl"; both often were called by labels such as "nigger" or "colored." Voting rights discrimination was widespread. In Tennessee, as the Justice Department's John Doar discovered on a self-appointed tour of rural Haywood County in the early 1960s, black sharecroppers were being evicted.
Bloody Sunday (1965) - (1965) Bloody Sunday was an event that occurred in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965 in which Alabama State troopers and local law enforcement officers, forcefully broke-up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and the apparent brutality of the images helped sway the opinion of the American people in favor of the US civil rights movement. See also: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Self-proclaimed Capitals of the World - heritage or history. Here is an incomplete list of those cities. Abilene, Kansas: Greyhound capital of the world. Albany, Georgia: Quail Hunting capital of the world. Albertville, Alabama: Fire Hydrant capital of the world. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Truck capital of the world. Alliance, Nebraska: Cattle capital of the world. Alma, Arkansas: Spinach capital of the world. Ashburn, Georgia: Peanut capital of the world. Athens, Texas: Blackeyed Pea capital of the world. Austin, Texas: Live Music capital of the world. Bandon, Oregon: Storm capital of the world. Bardstown, Kentucky: Bourbon capital of the world. Barre, Vermont: Granite capital of the world. Battle Creek, Michigan: Cereal Bowl capital of the world. Beattie, Kansas: Milo capital of the world. Beaver, Oklahoma: Cow Chip Throwing capital of the world. Berrien Springs, Michigan: Christmas Pickle capital of.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - say to the politicians that there won't be a 'cooling-off period.'” SNCC expanded its activities in the next few years to other forms of organizing. Later in 1963 SNCC conducted the Freedom Ballot, a mock election in which black Mississippians came out to show their willingness to voteća right they had been denied, despite the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment, by a combination of state laws, economic reprisals and violence by white authorities and private citizens. SNCC followed up on the Freedom Ballot with the Mississippi Summer Project, also known as Freedom Summer, which focused on voter registration. SNCC organized black Mississippians to register to vote, almost always without success, as white authorities either rejected their applications on any pretexts available or, failing that, simply refused to accept their applications. The.
William R. King - 1786 - April 18, 1853) was a Representative from North Carolina, a Senator from Alabama, and the thirteenth Vice President of the United States. King was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1803. He was admitted to the bar in 1806 and began practice in Clinton, North Carolina. He was a member of the State House of Commons from 1807 to 1809, city solicitor of Wilmington, North Carolina in 1810, and elected to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1811 until November 4 1816, when he resigned. King was secretary of the legation at Naples and later at Saint Petersburg. He returned to the United States in 1818 and located in Cahaba, Alabama, where he became a planter..
March 7 - an alliance with Germany. 1936 - World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. 1945 - World War II: American troops seize the bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany and begin to cross. 1951 - Korean War: Operation Ripper - In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces. 1965 - In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully brake-up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed "Bloody Sunday." 1968 - Vietnam War: The First Battle of Saigon begins. 1973 - Comet Kohoutek is discovered. 1983 - The Nashville Network (TNN) begins broadcasting. 1987 - Mike Tyson adds the WBA World Heavyweight boxing.
