Alabama USA
Destination Travel Guide & Hotel Reservations
Just 250 miles from north to south, ALABAMA ranges from the fast-flowing rivers,
waterfalls and lakes of the Appalachian foothills to the subtropical bayous and
white beaches of the Gulf Coast . Most of its industry is concentrated in the north
, around rejuvenated Birmingham , and Huntsville , first home of the
nation's space program. The sun-scorched farmlands of middle Alabama envelop sober Montgomery
, the state capital. Away from the French-influenced coastal strip around attractive Mobile
, fundamentalist Protestant attitudes have traditionally backed a succession of right-wing
demagogues, such as George Wallace , the four-time state governor who received ten
million votes in the 1968 presidential election.
Times have moved on since the epic civil rights struggles in Montgomery,
Birmingham and Selma . Monuments and civic literature celebrate the achievements of
the campaigners, and even Wallace renounced his racist views, courting - and winning -
black votes in his successful campaign for governor in 1982.
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