Montgomery, Alabama

Alabama Homeowners Insurance Alabama, “Heart of Dixie” is located in the Southeastern region of the United States. It is the 24th most populous state in the US. Alabama provides 53 miles of coastline. Because of this, it claims the 6th highest homeowners insurance rates. Alabama’s coastal line has been hit by large category 3 hurricanes. Due to the past occurrences of natural disasters, the average homeowners rate for this state is $2,327. The rates ranged between $1,881 and $4,609. A study was

Alabama, known as the “Heart of Dixie” or “The Cotton State,” joined the union as the 22nd state in the year of 1819 of December. This state is located in the southern part of the United States and its capital is Montgomery. During the 16th century, Europeans reached the Alabama area and about 10,000 years ago, American Indians was engaged in the area. Alabama got its name after the Alabama River. An Indian tribe lived in the territory around 1540 and spelled it as “Alibamo.” The origin of the name

Born on June 27th 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, with full hearing and sight. In February of 1882, she became ill, and lost her vision and hearing. Helen became a troublesome child with extreme tantrums, they were led Alexander Graham Bell who suggested that the family write to Michael Anagnos, director of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, and request that he try to find a teacher for Helen.Anagnos recommended a former pupil of the institution, Anne Sullivan. In 1894

said as being the polar opposite of today. The 1950’s were a time in which televised news sources were not as frequent and plentiful as they are now. One particular situation that needs to be pointed out happened right in the city of Montgomery, known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, shows just how effective media can be when the priority is to give the news without hyperbole or exaggeration. Going to Randall Kennedy’s Yale Law article, the writer describes the climate of the south at this time period

brainstorm ideas that could help solve or “Pipeline to prison” dilemma noted in Montgomery and surrounding areas. At the same time our nation and seemingly the world are all having the same problem. Al.com has an interesting story posted, it reads: “MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Of the 16 homicides on the books this year in the City of Montgomery, 81 percent involved a firearm. Of the 17 suspects charged for these crimes by the Montgomery Police Department, 13 are younger than 30 years old and eight are teenagers

grew up in Southern Alabama as a slave to an extremely rude owner with my mother in the 1840s. We tried escaping hundreds of times, but we always managed a way to get caught. Due to our relentless efforts in trying to escape, we would get whipped extremely hard, but I didn’t care as long as I was with my momma I knew that I was safe. Then that terrible day happened our owner informed us there was a slave auction in Montgomery Alabama, 10 miles away from our home in Richmond, Alabama. Like any other greedy

Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926. She died February 19, 2016 and was buried in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. She was a successful writer who influenced many while she was alive and even after she died. Her two published books were successful, especially her pulitzer prize winner To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper was a very humble and wise woman who withheld many of the characteristics her main character Atticus had in her novel. It's said that her pulitzer prize

literature, after Lee graduated in 1944, she went to the all-female Huntingdon College in Montgomery. It is said that Lee “stood apart from the other students.” (Biography.com) Rather than caring about fashion or dating, Lee focused on her studies and her own personal writing. Throughout Lee’s college career, in Montgomery, she was a member of the literary honor society. After transferring to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Lee was characterized to be “a loner and an individualist.” (Biography

A Real Life Maycomb Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird about a little Alabama town called Maycomb. What is interesting is how Maycomb compares a lot to the town that Ms. Lee grew up in, Monroeville, Alabama. The history of Monroeville and the way it was in the 1930s makes a reader wonder if Ms. Lee took her hometown and made it the famous small town in the novel. By looking back to the history of Monroeville’s founding, the way it was in the 1930s, the way it almost mirrors Maycomb and the

east. Alabama is the 30the extensive and 24th popular state of the 50 States. Alabama is also known as Yellowhammer state because of its famous State bird or also the Heart of Dixie and the cotton state. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama. As many states in the south Alabama also faced economic trials and hardships during the American civil war but the hardships lessened after the World War 2. Alabama is also known popularly in the states for its navigable and inland waterways. Alabama is known