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  • Harriet E. Amos Doss
    Gabriel Moore (1829-31)

    An affluent attorney, small-scale planter, U.S. congressman, and Alabama governor, Gabriel Moore (ca....
  • Scott L. Douglass
    Alabama's Coastline

    Alabama's coastline, home to the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, is an important part of the quality...
  • G. Wayne Dowdy
    William B. Bankhead

    William Bankhead (1874-1940) was a member of one of Alabama's most important political families ...
  • Matthew L. Downs
    New Deal in Alabama

    The "New Deal" is the name given to the program of socioeconomic reforms initiated by Pres. Franklin...
  • Matthew L. Downs
    Great Depression in Alabama

    The Great Depression was a sustained, national economic recession that shaped the lives of all Alabamians....
  • Matthew L. Downs
    Edward Berton Almon

    Edward Berton Almon (1860-1933) was an attorney, judge, and politician from Tuscumbia, Colbert County...
  • Matthew L. Downs
    Massive Resistance

    Massive Resistance, a term originally taken from Virginia senator Harry Byrd's call for "massive...
  • Matthew L. Downs
    Prohibition in Alabama

    Alabama enacted Prohibition in 1907, well before the federal era of nationwide Prohibition (1919-1933). Throughout …
  • Alan Draper
    Alabama AFL-CIO

    The Alabama AFL-CIO promotes the political interests of local union branches that belong to larger national...
  • Ralph Draughon
    William Lowndes Yancey

    Alabama political leader William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) was a preeminent figure in the secession...

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