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Florence, Alabama

Index Florence, Alabama

Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwest corner. [1]

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ABC Studios

Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (d/b/a ABC Studios), is the television production unit of ABC Entertainment Group, part of Disney–ABC Television Group (both ultimately owned by The Walt Disney Company).

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Al Romine

Alton Rollon Romine (December 11, 1930 – September 30, 2015) was a gridiron football defensive back and a halfback in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU), and American Football League (AFL).

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Alabama House of Representatives

The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama Public Television

Alabama Public Television is a state network of PBS member television stations serving the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama Renaissance Faire

The Alabama Renaissance Faire is a Renaissance fair held annually in downtown Florence, Alabama, in Wilson Park.

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Alabama Senate

The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama State Route 13

State Route 13 (SR 13) is a state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama State Route 133

State Route 133 (SR 133) is a mostly multi-lane state highway and is a primary artery through the Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama State Route 157

State Route 157 (SR 157) is a state highway in the northern and northwestern parts of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama State Route 17

State Route 17 (SR-17) is a state highway that travels the length of the state.

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Alabama State Route 20

State Route 20 (SR 20) is a state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alison McCreary

Alison McCreary Gengelbach (born June 3, 1974) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Florence, Alabama, who was named Miss Alabama 1996.

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Alphabet agencies

The alphabet agencies (also New Deal agencies) were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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America One

America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.

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Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence.

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Area codes 256 and 938

Area codes 256 and 938 are telephone numbering plan codes that mostly cover North Alabama as well as some eastern portions of the state.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

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AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.

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Autry Inman

Robert Autry Inman (January 6, 1929 – September 6, 1988) was an American country and rockabilly musician.

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BellSouth

BellSouth, LLC (stylized as BELLSOUTH and formerly known as BellSouth Corporation) is an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Billy Reid (fashion designer)

Billy Reid (born June 13, 1964) is an American fashion designer based in Florence, Alabama.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Boutique Air

Boutique Air is an aviation company based in San Francisco, California.

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Braly Municipal Stadium

Braly Municipal Stadium is a 14,215-seat stadium in Florence, Alabama.

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Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, located in Williamson County.

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Brett Guthrie

Steven Brett Guthrie (born February 18, 1964) is the U.S. Representative for.

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Bud Dunn

Emerson "Bud" Dunn (May 15, 1918 – January 11, 2001) was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer from Kentucky who spent most of his career in northern Alabama.

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Buddy Killen

William Doyce “Buddy” Killen (November 13, 1932 – November 1, 2006) was an American record producer and music publisher, and a former owner of Trinity Broadcasting Network and Tree International Publishing, the largest country music publishing business, before he sold it to CBS Records in 1989.

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Byron Franklin

Byron Paul Franklin (born September 3, 1958 in Florence, Alabama) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Charles Moore (photographer)

Charles Lee Moore (March 9, 1931 – March 11, 2010) was an American photographer known for his photographs documenting the Civil Rights Movement.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with a population of 177,571 in 2016.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Colbert County, Alabama

Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Columbia, Tennessee

Columbia is a city in and the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee, United States.

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Crunk

Crunk is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success during the mid 2000s.

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Cullman, Alabama

Cullman is a city in and the county seat of Cullman County, Alabama, United States.

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Decatur, Alabama

Decatur is a city in Morgan and Limestone counties in the State of Alabama.

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Dennis Condrey

Dennis Condrey (born February 1, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Detroit blues

Detroit blues is blues played by musicians residing in and around Detroit, Michigan, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Dewey Martin (actor)

Dewey Martin (born December 8, 1923) is a retired American film and television actor.

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DirecTV

DirecTV (stylized as DIRECTV) is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T.

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Disc golf

Disc Golf (also called Frisbee Golf or sometimes Frolf) is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf.

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Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation +1-855-553-9444 is a U.S. television provider.

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Don Leslie Michael

Don Leslie Michael (July 31, 1947 – April 8, 1967) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

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Donna Jean Godchaux

Donna Jean (Thatcher) Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer, best known for having been a member of the Grateful Dead from 1972 until 1979.

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Donnie Fritts

Donnie Fritts (born November 8, 1942, Florence, Alabama) is an American session musician and songwriter.

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Dorrit Hoffleit

Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit (March 12, 1907 – April 9, 2007) was an American senior research astronomer at Yale University.

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Dred Scott

Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott case." Scott claimed that he and his wife should be granted their freedom because they had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal.

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Drive-By Truckers

The Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country/Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though two of five current members (Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley) are originally from The Shoals region of northern Alabama, and the band strongly identifies with Alabama.

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Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr.

Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. (December 26, 1922 – October 12, 2003) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Emmet O'Neal

Emmet O'Neal (September 23, 1853 – September 7, 1922) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who was the 34th Governor of Alabama from 1911 to 1915.

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Emory University

Emory University is a private research university in the Druid Hills neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt

Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt is an American singer-songwriter, from Alabama (born in Vernon, Texas) who plays a blend of southern music that blends blues, broken-hearted honky tonk, Stonesy rock and roll, with gospel music.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Fencing

Fencing is a group of three related combat sports.

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Film criticism

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium.

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Firaxis Games

Firaxis Games, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Sparks, Maryland.

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Fitness trail

A fitness trail, outdoor exercise equipment, or parcourse, consists of a path or course equipped with obstacles or stations distributed along its length for exercising the human body to promote good health.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Florence City Schools

Florence City Schools is the public school district of the city of Florence, Alabama.

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Florence, Alabama

Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwest corner.

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Floyd Matthews

Floyd Huston "Skipper" Matthews (February 3, 1903 – February 24, 2008) was, at age 105, an American veteran of the United States Navy, in which he served for thirty years.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Fran McKee

Fran McKee (September 13, 1926 – March 3, 2002) was the first female line officer to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed.

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Frank R. Walker

Frank Robinson Walker (July 11, 1899 – December 25, 1976) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War II, most notably during the Solomon Islands campaign between 1942 and 1943.Family Walker became acquainted with Doris Adele Carpenter through her brother-in-law Russell Groesbeck Sturges who was a Naval Academy classmate of his.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Gary Weaver

Gary Lynn Weaver (born March 13, 1949 in Florence, Alabama) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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George Lindsey

George Smith Lindsey (December 17, 1928 – May 6, 2012) was an American character actor, best known for his role as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw.

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Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.

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Greg Burdine

Greg Burdine (born May 1, 1959) is a Democratic former member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 1st District.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Hank Klibanoff

Hank Klibanoff (born March 26, 1949 in Florence, Alabama) is an American journalist, now a professor at Emory University.

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Harryette Mullen

Harryette Mullen (born July 1, 1953), Professor of English at University of California, Los Angeles, is an American poet, short story writer, and literary scholar.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos) are people in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Huntsville International Airport

Huntsville International Airport (Carl T. Jones Field) is a public airport ten miles southwest of downtown Huntsville, in Madison County, Alabama, United States.

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Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.

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Indian Removal Act

The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830.

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Interstate 22

Interstate 22 (I-22) is an Interstate Highway that follows the U.S. Route 78 (US 78) corridor on a route from Byhalia, Mississippi south of Memphis, Tennessee, to Birmingham, Alabama.

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Interstate 565

Interstate 565 (I-565) is a Interstate spur that connects I-65 in Decatur with U.S. Route 72 (US-72) in Huntsville, in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Interstate 65

Interstate 65 (I-65) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States.

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Interstate 65 in Alabama

Interstate 65 (I-65) meanders across of the Alabama countryside linking six of the state's ten largest cities.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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James T. Rapier

James Thomas Rapier (November 13, 1837 – May 31, 1883) was an African-American politician from Alabama during the Reconstruction Era.

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Jason Isbell

Michael Jason Isbell (born February 1, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Alabama, in Lauderdale County.

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Jeff Brantley

Jeffrey Hoke Brantley (born September 5, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher and current broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds.

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Jeff Briggs

Dr.

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Jerry Carrigan

Jerry Carrigan (born September 13, 1943) is an American drummer and record producer.

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Jesse Marsh

Jesse Marsh (July 27, 1907 – April 28, 1966) was a comic book artist and animator.

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Jim Jones (American football, born 1920)

James Alexander "Casey" Jones (December 15, 1920 – April 7, 1989) was an American football back who played one season with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.

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John Coffee

John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter and state militia general in Tennessee.

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John Hood (naval officer)

John Hood (3 December 1859 – 11 February 1919) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy during World War I. He was also a veteran of the Spanish–American War.

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John Mortvedt

John Jacob Mortvedt (January 25, 1932 - March 12, 2012) was an American soil scientist who worked with micronutrient fertilizer.

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John Paul White

John Paul White is an American singer-songwriter, and was a member of the Grammy Award-winning duo The Civil Wars.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic.

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Josh Willingham

Joshua David Willingham (born February 17, 1979) is a former American professional baseball left fielder.

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Julianne Kirchner

Julianne Kirchner (born December 19, 1991) is a Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.

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Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kelvin Holly

Kelvin Lee Holly (born September 13, 1954 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American guitarist and musician.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Killen, Alabama

Killen is a town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.

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KMG Records

KMG (Killen Music Group) Records was a Christian record label.

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Larry Woods

Larry Dobie Woods (born May 11, 1948) is a former professional American football player who played in six NFL seasons from 1971–1976 for the four different teams.

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Lauderdale County, Alabama

Lauderdale County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Lawrence County, Alabama

Lawrence County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Lawrenceburg is a city in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States, Lawrenceburg is the largest city on the state line between Chattanooga and Memphis.

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Lenny LeBlanc

Lenny LeBlanc (born June 17, 1951) is an American musician and songwriter, half of the music duo LeBlanc and Carr.

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Leo Frank

Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent who was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Linebacker

A linebacker (LB or backer) is a playing position in American football and Canadian football.

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List of counties in Alabama

The U.S. state of Alabama has 67 counties.

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List of Governors of Alabama

The Governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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List of metropolitan statistical areas

The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 383 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for the United States and seven for Puerto Rico.

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List of songs recorded by Elvis Presley on the Sun label

Elvis Presley recorded at least 24 songs at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, between 1953 and 1955.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of state routes in Alabama

The State Route System in Alabama uses the standard numbering convention: odd numbers signify a north-south state route, and even numbers signify an east-west route.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Malcolm Armstead

Malcolm Ray Armstead (born August 1, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League.

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Mark Thompson (DJ)

Mark LaMarr Thompson (born December 1, 1955) is an American radio personality (disc jockey) and occasional actor, best known for the nationally syndicated Mark & Brian morning show.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Mars Hill Bible School

Mars Hill Bible School is a private, college preparatory Christian day school for boys and girls located in Florence, Alabama.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Melba Montgomery

Melba Montgomery (born October 14, 1938) is an American country music singer.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Metropolitan statistical area

In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area.

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Milton P. Rice

Milton Paul Rice (September 30, 1920 – January 1, 2018) was an American politician in the state of Tennessee.

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Miss Alabama

The Miss Alabama competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Alabama in the Miss America pageant.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of "two or more races".

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Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians (Hawaiian: kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression.

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Norbert Putnam

Norbert Putnam is an American record producer and musician.

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Northwest Alabama Regional Airport

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport is located east of Muscle Shoals, in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oscar Stanton De Priest

Oscar Stanton De Priest (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an American Republican politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois' 1st congressional district from 1929 to 1935.

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Oscar Streit

Oscar William Streit (July 7, 1873 – March 16, 1935) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons.

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Pacific Islands Americans

Pacific Islands Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, or Native Hawaiian and/or other Pacific Islander Americans, are Americans who have ethnic ancestry among the indigenous peoples of Oceania (viz. Polynesians, Melanesians and Micronesians).

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Patterson Hood

Patterson David Hood (born March 24, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pickwick Lake

Pickwick Lake is the reservoir created by Pickwick Landing Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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Pickwick Landing Dam

Pickwick Landing Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often shortened to pro wrestling or simply wrestling) is a form of sports entertainment which combines athletics with theatrical performance.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Randy Tate (baseball)

Randall Lee Tate (born October 3, 1952) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Mets in 1975.

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Rear admiral (United States)

Rear admiral in the United States refers to two different ranks of commissioned officers — one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.

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Roger Briggs

Roger Briggs (born May 28, 1952) is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator.

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Ron Billingsley

Ron Billingsley (April 6, 1945 - February 5, 2017), born Ronald Smith Billingsley in Florence, Alabama, was an American football player.

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Ronnie Flippo

Ronnie Gene Flippo (born August 15, 1937) is a former United States Congressman from Alabama.

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Rosenbaum House

The Rosenbaum House is a single-family house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built for Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum in Florence, Alabama.

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S. A. M. Wood

Sterling Alexander Martin Wood (March 17, 1823 – January 26, 1891) commonly referred to as S.A.M. Wood, was an American lawyer and newspaper editor from Alabama.

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Sam Phillips

Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer who played an important role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s.

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Sheffield, Alabama

Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Shoals metropolitan area.

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Shoals Christian School

Shoals Christian School is a private, non-denominational Christian school in Florence, Alabama.

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Sterling Bose

Sterling Belmont "Bozo" Bose (September 23, 1906, Florence, Alabama - June 1958, St. Petersburg, Florida) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist.

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Stewart Cink

Stewart Ernest Cink (born May 21, 1973) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.

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Tammy Irons

Tammy Irons (born October 21, 1963) was a Democratic member of the Alabama State Senate, representing the 1st District from 2006, after a special election, until 2014.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Tennessee Attorney General

The Tennessee Attorney General (officially, Attorney General and Reporter) is a position within the Tennessee state government.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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Tennessee Secretary of State

The Tennessee Secretary of State is an office created by the Tennessee State Constitution.

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Tennessee Southern Railroad

The Tennessee Southern Railroad began operations in 1988 and currently operates in middle Tennessee and northwestern Alabama.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.

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The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning over eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.

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The Butler Twins

The Butler Twins were an American Detroit blues and electric blues duo of the twin brothers Clarence (January 21, 1942 – December 22, 2003) and Curtis Butler (January 21, 1942 – April 9, 2004).

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The Civil Wars

The Civil Wars were a critically acclaimed American musical duo composed of Joy Williams and John Paul White.

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The CW

The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as just The CW) is an American English-language broadcast television network that is operated by the CW Network, LLC, a limited liability joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network (UPN), and Warner Bros. Entertainment, former majority owner of The WB.

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The Forks of Cypress

The Forks of Cypress was a cotton plantation and Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

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The Mark & Brian Show

The Mark & Brian Show was an American radio talk show hosted by Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps, known on the air as "Mark & Brian." The syndicated program aired weekday mornings from KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, California, and blended comedy sketches, listener phone calls, interviews with in-studio guests, and the occasional road trip.

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The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)

The Midnight Express was a professional wrestling tag team of changing members, mostly under the management of Jim Cornette.

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Thomas Burrows

Thomas E. Burrows (born September 14, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves organization.

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Thomas Jeter (fencer)

Thomas Jeter (August 30, 1898 – October 23, 1979) was an American fencer.

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Thomas Sigismund Stribling

Thomas Sigismund Stribling (March 4, 1881 – July 8, 1965) was an American writer and lawyer who published under the name T.S. Stribling.

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TimesDaily

The TimesDaily is the daily newspaper for Florence, Alabama.

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Tom Monroe (disc golfer)

Tom Monroe (born January 3, 1947) is a champion of virtually all flying disc sports, including ultimate, freestyle, field events and especially disc golf.

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Tom York

Tom York (born November 30, 1924 in Holland, Missouri) is an American television personality, who worked from 1957 to 1989 for WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States).

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Tuscany

Tuscany (Toscana) is a region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013).

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Tuscumbia, Alabama

Tuscumbia is a city in and the county seat of Colbert County, Alabama, United States.

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U.S. Route 43

U.S. Route 43 (US 43) is a north–south United States Highway in the East South Central States of Alabama and Tennessee.

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U.S. Route 72

U.S. Route 72 (US 72) is an east–west United States highway that travels for from southwestern Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and southeastern Tennessee.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States federal judge

In the United States, the title of federal judge means a judge (pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution) appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate pursuant to the Appointments Clause in Article II of the United States Constitution.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Numbered Highway System

The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

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University of North Alabama

The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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W. C. Handy

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues.

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W. C. Handy Music Festival

The W. C. Handy Music Festival is held annually in Florence, Alabama, sponsored by the Music Preservation Society, Inc., in honor of Florence native W. C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues." The non-profit Music Preservation Society was formed in 1982, with the mission to preserve, present, and promote the musical heritage of Northwest Alabama.

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WAAY-TV

WAAY-TV is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States and serving North Alabama's Tennessee Valley.

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WAFF (TV)

WAFF is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States and serving North Alabama's Tennessee Valley.

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Walt Aldridge

James Walton "Walt" Aldridge Jr. (born November 12, 1955 in Florence, Alabama) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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WBCF (AM)

WBCF (1240 AM, "NewsTalk 1240") is an American radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format.

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WFIX

WFIX (91.3 FM, "The Fix") is a radio station licensed to serve Florence, Alabama, United States.

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WHDF

WHDF is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States and serving Huntsville and North Alabama's Tennessee Valley.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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White Dawg

Billy Alsbrooks, Jr., better known by his stage name White Dawg, is an American rapper and record producer.

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Whitney Boddie

Whitney Boddie (born January 23, 1987) is a professional women's basketball player who most recently played for the Sacramento Monarchs.

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WHNT-TV

WHNT-TV is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States and serving North Alabama's Tennessee Valley.

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Wilson Dam

Wilson Dam is a dam spanning the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Wilson Lake (Alabama)

Wilson Lake is the reservoir created by Wilson Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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Wimp Sanderson

Winfrey "Wimp" Sanderson (born August 8, 1937) is a retired American college basketball coach.

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WLAY (AM)

WLAY was a radio station serving the Florence/Muscle Shoals, Alabama, market and was heard at 1450 AM and on a translator at 92.3 on the FM band; it is licensed to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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WLAY-FM

WLAY-FM (100.1 FM, "Shoals Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Littleville, Alabama, United States.

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WMSR-FM

WMSR-FM (94.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Collinwood, Tennessee.

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WMXV

WMXV (101.5 FM, "V101.5") is a radio station licensed to St. Joseph, Tennessee.

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Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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WOWL

WOWL (91.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to the community of Burnsville, Mississippi, and serving the greater Northeast Mississippi, area.

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WQLT-FM

WQLT-FM (107.3 FM, "Q107") is a radio station licensed to serve Florence, Alabama, United States.

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WSBM

WSBM (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format.

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WVNA (AM)

WVNA (1590 AM) is licensed to Tuscumbia, Alabama.

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WVNA-FM

WVNA-FM (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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WWFA

WWFA (102.7 FM, 102.7 Kiss FM) is a CHR/Top 40 radio station licensed to serve St. Florian, Alabama and is operated by Southern Broadcasting Corporation.

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WXFL

WXFL (96.1 FM, "KIX 96") is a country music formatted radio station based in Florence, Alabama, and owned by Big River Broadcasting.

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WYFD

WYFD (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Decatur, Alabama, United States.

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WYLE (TV)

WYLE, UHF analog channel 26, was a commercial television station licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States.

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WZDX

WZDX is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States and serving North Alabama's Tennessee Valley.

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Xfinity

Xfinity is a trade name of Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, a subsidiary of the Comcast Corporation, used to market consumer cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the company.

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Youtoo America

Youtoo America, formerly known as Youtoo TV, AmericanLife TV Network (ALN), GoodLife TV Network, Nostalgia Good TV, Nostalgia Television, Nostalgia Channel and America One, is an American television network launched on February 1, 1985, as a cable channel.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2009 Open Championship

The 2009 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 138th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at the Ailsa Course of the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence,_Alabama

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