Article Index - P

P : 74 Articles Found

• Satchel Paige
  Mobile native Leroy "Satchel" Paige (ca. 1906-1982) was one of the finest pitchers in baseball and certainly...
• Paleoindian Period
  The Paleoindian period (approximately 15,000 to 10,500 years before the present) encompasses the era...
• Florence Glass Palmer
  Florence Glass Palmer (1895-1977) is known for her two novels on southern life during Reconstruction...
• Panic of 1819
  The Panic of 1819 was the first significant economic crisis in the United States and led to failed banks...
• Panton, Leslie & Company
  Panton, Leslie & Company, established in 1783 by Scottish merchants William Panton, John Leslie,...
• Parisian Department Stores
  Founded by two sisters in Birmingham in the nineteenth century, the Parisian department store chain spread...
• Rosa Parks
  Rosa Parks (1913-2005) is one of the most enduring symbols of the tumultuous civil rights era of the...
• Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
  Children's author, teacher, and public speaker Louise Clarke "Pyrnelle" Parnell (1850-1907) was...
• Parrish
  Parrish is located in central Walker County in the northeast region of the state. It has a mayor/city...
• Judith Hillman Paterson
  Judith Hillman Paterson (1936- ), a native of Montgomery, Montgomery County, is known primarily for her...