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Jan 1, 1540
The first people in Alabama
Hernanndo de Soto leads an expedition into todays Alabama. -
Starting a New Life
The Le Moyne brothers Pierre and Jean enter Mobile Bay. -
Alabama Statehood
Alabama becomes a state. -
Indian Removal
Indian Removal Act forces Native Americans to go and live west. -
Seceding
Alabama secedes from th Union in the Civil War -
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A Big Loss
The Great Depression leaves many Alabamians jobless and homeless. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man -
The Mirgration
The Mirgration iswhen the African Americans move from the soouth to the north. -
The Church Bombing
The Birmingham curch bombing kills 4 little grils stuns black and white Americans. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s march
Martin Luther King Jr. leads a 25,000 person civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina damages coastal Alabama.
