Author Index - F

F : 30 Authors Found

Michael W. Fitzgerald

William Hugh Smith (1868-1870)
The state's first Republican governor elected under the terms of military reconstruction, William...

Robert Burns Lindsay (1870-72)
Robert Lindsay (1824-1902) faced unprecedented difficulties as the first Democratic governor of Alabama...

Congressional Reconstruction in Alabama
Congressional Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War in which the federal government enacted...

Presidential Reconstruction in Alabama
Presidential Reconstruction is the general term for the political and societal changes that began taking...

Reconstruction in Alabama
Reconstruction is the general term for the process of political and social realignments and readjustments...

Wager T. Swayne
General Wager T. Swayne (1834-1902), often referred to as Alabama's military governor, never formally...

Union League of Alabama
The Union League, or Loyal League, was founded to promote the northern cause and the Republicans during...

Kathy Flanders

Imported Fire Ants
The distinctive earthen mounds that mark the nests of imported fire ants are a fixture in the Alabama...

Michael A. Flannery

Charles T. Mohr
Charles T. Mohr (1824-1901) was a chemist, pharmacist, pharmaceutical manufacturer, botanist, and geologist...

Luther Terry
Luther Terry (1911-1985) served as United States Surgeon General in the 1960s. He led a successful public...

Sean Flynt

Lee and Susannah Compere
English missionaries Lee (1790-1871) and Susannah (ca. 1797-1833) Compere arrived in Alabama in 1822...

Samford University
Samford University was founded by Baptists as Howard College in Marion, Perry County, in 1841. Located...

Wayne Flynt

David Bibb Graves (1927-31, 1935-39)
David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) was one of Alabama's most important governors, serving during critical...

Alabama
Both in physical size and in population, Alabama has typically ranked near the middle of the 50 American...

Harold Eugene Martin
Harold Eugene Martin (1923-2007) was a distinguished Alabama journalist, businessman, and Baptist layman...

Poverty in Alabama
Since the Civil War, Alabama has been one of the nation's poorest states. In the 2000 U.S. Census,...

Religion in Alabama
Alabama is a state in which 90 percent of its citizens profess belief in God and an overwhelming majority...

Southern Baptists in Alabama
The Southern Baptist denomination is the largest in Alabama. In 2006, more than 1.1 million Alabamians...

 To Kill A Mockingbird 
By almost any measurement, To Kill A Mockingbird is the most important novel ever authored by a native...

Jennifer Fondren

History Museum of Mobile
The History Museum of Mobile houses and interprets 300 years of Mobile history through numerous exhibits...

H. Thomas Foster II

Fort Apalachicola
During the seventeenth century, Spain, France, and England were competing over control over territory...

Benjamin Hawkins
Administrator of the U.S. government's plan of civilization, Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816) was the...

Amy E. Foster

U.S. Space & Rocket Center
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville serves as the state's museum and archive dedicated...

Ralph Foster

Alabama Department of Commerce
Since its establishment in 1969, the Alabama Department of Commerce (DOC—formerly the Alabama Development...

Luther Leonidas Hill Jr.
Luther Leonidas Hill Jr. (1862-1946) was a prominent Alabama physician and pioneering surgeon during...

Miriam Rogers Fowler

Giuseppe Moretti
Giuseppe Moretti (1857-1935), an Italian-born classical sculptor, made an extraordinary impact on the...

New South School and Gallery
Founded in 1938, the New South School and Gallery was an important showcase for Social Realist painting...

Myrtice West
Myrtice Snead West (1923-2010) is among the category of artists who are best described as self-taught....