Alabama is a southeastern U.S. state that’s home to significant landmarks from the American Civil Rights Movement. The city of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, now a museum, was a protest headquarters in the 1960s. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church and the Rosa Parks Museum, dedicated to the activist, can be found in the capital of Montgomery.
Capital: Montgomery
Current Temperature: 73 degrees, breezy with an afternoon thunderstorm
Current Time: 12:15 PM (1 hour behind us)
State Abbreviation: AL
State Nickname: Yellowhammer State
During the Civil War, Alabama became known as the “Yellowhammer State” after a company of young cavalry from Huntsville wore uniforms adorned with fine yellow cloth. The name spread until all Confederate troops from Alabama were referred to as “yellowhammers.”
Population: 4.9 million (12.8 in PA)
Size: 52,420 sq. miles (46,000 sq. miles in PA)
Statehood: December 14, 1819 (22nd state to join the Union)
