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| Alabama is the 22nd State in the United States. 3.19% | | | | Alabama is a modern state with a dynamic economy |
| of the state\'s total area is water. About 60% of its | | | | based mainly on retail and wholesale trade, services, |
| land area is made up of plains inclined towards the | | | | insurance, real estate, transportation, construction, and |
| famous Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. | | | | electrical equipment. Its agricultural output consists of |
| Alabama was the heart of the \"cotton kingdom\" | | | | poultry, forest products, cattle, nursery stock, cotton, |
| before the Civil War. | | | | eggs, peanuts and soybeans. |
| The State is home to five Native American tribes | | | | Alabama is a paradise on earth with its diverse wildlife |
| (Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and | | | | that includes white-tailed deer, Eastern wild turkey and |
| Seminole). Their rich culture and traditions are well | | | | many other species that are unique to the region. Its |
| preserved to this day. | | | | landscape is beautiful, with the picturesque Appalachian |
| It was in Alabama that The Civil Rights Movement | | | | Mountains in the North and sugar sand white beaches |
| began 50 years ago by Rosa Parks, who passed | | | | that gently lie near emerald waters of the ocean along |
| away recently. The Movement, led by the legendary | | | | the Gulf Coast. |
| Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior, challenged and | | | | With several shopping malls, Alabama offers fantastic |
| overthrew all segregation laws that denied | | | | opportunities for shopping. There are great outdoor |
| Afro-Americans the same rights as other fellow | | | | sporting facilities that include biking trails, hunting |
| countrymen. Today, the United States is looked upon | | | | expeditions and some of the internationally well known |
| as a nation that treats all human beings as equal. | | | | golf courses. |
| The State has many places of tourist interest. These | | | | The U.S. Space and Rocket Center houses an Apollo |
| include the Rosa Parks Museum, The Civil Rights | | | | spacecraft and a 363-foot Saturn V rocket that |
| Memorial, and the Dexter Avenue King Memorial | | | | reminds one of the pioneering work, in the 1950s, that |
| Baptist Church (where Reverend Martin Luther King | | | | eventually put man on the moon in 1969. |
| Junior, delivered his mesmerizing \"I have a dream\" | | | | The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery is |
| speech). | | | | a literary delight. It hosts a colorful spectrum of classical |
| Alabama has produced many internationally famous | | | | and contemporary theatrical performances all year |
| people. Some of them are actor Dean Jones, | | | | round. It is the 6th largest Shakespeare Theater in the |
| comedian Paula Poundstone, author Nellee Harper Lee, | | | | world and attracts more than 200,000 visitors annually. |
| legendary musician Nat \"King\" Cole, country singer | | | | Alabama has all the amenities and recreational facilities |
| Hank Williams, pop singer Lionel Ritchie, pop group The | | | | that make it a Magic State. |