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John Allan Wyeth
John Allan Wyeth (1845-1922) served in the Confederate Army as a youth and would go on to become a leading...Tammy Wynette
Known at the "First Lady of Country Music," Grammy Award-winning Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) was …William Lowndes Yancey
Alabama political leader William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) was a preeminent figure in the secession...York
York is located in Sumter County in west-central Alabama very near the Mississippi border. It has a mayor/council...Nathan B. Young
Educator Nathan B. Young (1862-1933) was a key proponent of improving academic standards and liberal...Rosa Young
Known as the "mother of Black Lutheranism in central Alabama" and a strong advocate of education for...Samuel Younge Jr.
Tuskegee Institute student Samuel Younge Jr. (1944-1966) was the first black college student to be killed...Yuchis in Alabama
The Yuchi are a Native American tribe who resided in present-day Alabama until the early 1830s, when...Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) was a German-born rocket engineer who headed up the U.S. space program...
