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22nd State of the [[United States of America]].
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[[File:Alabama.jpg|thumb|right]]
  
*[[The Big Surfer]]'s punchline involved the Peace Corps being sent to Alabama. Medgar Evers' murder led to [[Capitol Records]] refusing to release the single.  
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Alabama is the 22nd State of the [[United States of America]].
*[[Church of American Secular Humanism]] mentions the controversial Alabama School Textbook Case.
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*[[Crew Slut]]: ''"Well you been to Alabama, girl 'n' Georgia too"''
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==References to Alabama in Frank Zappa's work==
*[[Sweet Home Alabama]]
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* ''[[The Big Surfer]]'': ''"It's an all expense paid trip as the first members of the Peace Corp to be sent to, ah, Alabama."''
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* ''[[Crew Slut]]'': ''"Well you been to Alabama, girl 'n' [[Georgia]] too"''
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* ''[[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt]]'': A guy from Alabama is a character: ''"We must say it in Alabama language, man, I can't understand."''
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==People born in Alabama==
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* [[Eric Benét]] (born in Mobile)
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* [[Brevard Hand]] (born in Mobile)
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* [[Sun Ra]] (born in Birmingham)
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* [[Willie Mae Thornton]] (born in Ariton)
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* [[Andre Williams]] (born in Bessemer)
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==See also==
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* *[[Church of American Secular Humanism]] mentions the controversial Alabama School Textbook Case.
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* ''[[Sweet Home Alabama]]''
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 1 August 2026

Alabama.jpg

Alabama is the 22nd State of the United States of America.

References to Alabama in Frank Zappa's work

  • The Big Surfer: "It's an all expense paid trip as the first members of the Peace Corp to be sent to, ah, Alabama."
  • Crew Slut: "Well you been to Alabama, girl 'n' Georgia too"
  • Uncle Meat Film Excerpt: A guy from Alabama is a character: "We must say it in Alabama language, man, I can't understand."

People born in Alabama

See also