Author Index - L

L : 30 Authors Found

Tracy Lauder

Southern Progress Corporation
The Southern Progress Corporation is a Birmingham-based publishing company. Originally known as the Progressive...

Jacob Laurence

John Augustus Walker
John Augustus Walker (1901-1967) was a Mobile artist best known for the murals he painted for the federal...

Michael Kief Law

Alabama Sharecroppers Union
The Alabama Sharecroppers Union (ASU), which existed from 1931 to 1936, was organized by laborers in...

Marble Industry
Alabama marble is among the highest quality stone in the world. It has been an important component of...

Sarah Lawless

Ashland
Ashland is located in east-central Alabama and is the county seat of Clay County. Ashland is named for...

Bay Minette
Bay Minette is the county seat of Baldwin County, the second-fastest growing county in Alabama. The city...

Decatur
The city of Decatur is located in northern Alabama along the Tennessee River and is the county seat of...

Florence
Florence is located in north Alabama along the Tennessee River and is the county seat of Lauderdale County...

Monroeville
Monroeville is located in south Alabama between Montgomery and Mobile and serves as the county seat of...

Tuskegee
Tuskegee is located in central Alabama, 40 miles east of Montgomery. Tuskegee is the county seat of ...

Kathy McLeod Lawrence

Robert Wilton Burton
Robert Wilton Burton (1848-1917) published minor prose works in local newspapers, serial stories in national...

Renée LeMaire

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC), named for the first woman governor of Alabama, provides...

J. Lawrence Lee

Alabama Railroads
The history of Alabama and the development of its railroads are deeply intertwined. Beginning with the...

Herbert  J. "Jim" Lewis

James Horton Jr.
James Edwin Horton Jr. (1878-1973), an otherwise obscure circuit court judge presiding in Limestone County...

Herbert J. "Jim" Lewis

Battle of Talladega
Shortly after the commencement of the Creek War of 1813-14, Tennessee militia led by Gen. Andrew Jackson...

Battle of Tallushatchee
The Battle of Tallushatchee, which took place on November 3, 1813, in present-day Calhoun County, was...

Birmingham
Located in the north-central part of Alabama, Birmingham is the state's most populous city and the...

Books-A-Million
Birmingham-based Books-A-Million has grown from a makeshift newsstand established in 1917 in Florence...

William Phineas Browne
William Phineas Browne (1804-1869), a leading pioneer of Alabama's coal industry, operated the state's...

Buffalo Rock Company
The Buffalo Rock Company started out as a local grocery business in 1901 run by the Lee family and has...

Canoe Fight
The legendary confrontation that became known as the "Canoe Fight" took place on November 12, 1813, on...

Ferdinand Claiborne
Politician, planter, and military officer Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne (1772-1815) played a significant...

John Coffee
John Coffee (1772-1833) served with distinction under the command of Gen. Andrew Jackson during the War...

Samuel Dale
Samuel Dale (1772-1841) was a scout, frontiersmen, soldier, and public servant who played an important...

Robert Hugh Daniel
Robert Hugh Daniel (1906-1983) along with his brother, Charles, founded Daniel Construction Company,...

James Dellet
James Dellet (1788-1848) was an influential lawyer, politician, and planter in early Alabama. He had...

Eufaula
Located in Barbour County, along the border with Georgia, Eufaula was an important shipping and trade...

Robert Farmar
Robert Farmar (1717-1778), an American-born British army officer, served in the Caribbean and Europe...

John Floyd
John Floyd (1769-1839) played an important military role in the Mississippi Territory (particularly what...

 Frontiero v. Richardson 
There have been many landmark decisions handed down by federal courts in Alabama securing fundamental...

A. G. Gaston
Birmingham entrepreneur and businessman A. G. Gaston (1892-1996), was one of the most successful African...

John Heisman
John Heisman (1869-1936) is among the people credited with making college football an American passion,...

Henry Hitchcock
Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839) was a leading citizen of early Alabama who served as the first secretary...

Jack's Family Restaurants
Jack's Family Restaurants is a successful fast-food chain in Alabama and two neighboring states....

Lee Roy Jordan
Lee Roy Jordan (1941- ) was a star a linebacker for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Dallas...

Lafayette's Visit to Alabama
In 1825, Alabama was honored by a visit from Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de...

Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers, a former Fortune 500 global financial services firm, was founded in 1850 in Montgomery...

Carl Lewis
Alabama native Carl Lewis (1961- ) is one of the most recognized track and field athletes in U.S. and...

Little Cahaba Iron Works
In 1848 entrepreneur William Phineas Browne established the Little Cahaba Iron Works, which he named...

Joe Louis
Known as the "Brown Bomber," Alabama native Joe Louis (1914-1981) is considered one of the greatest heavyweight...

Madison County
Located in the heart of the Tennessee Valley, Madison County hosted the state's constitutional convention,...

John McKee
John McKee (1771-1832), one of the first settlers of Tuscaloosa County, played an important role in transforming...

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. (MBUSI)
Located in Vance, Tuscaloosa County, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. (MBUSI) was the first-ever...

Mobile County
Located in the extreme southwest corner of the state, Mobile County is home to Alabama's only seaport...

Montgomery County
Located in the south-central part of the state, Montgomery County is the seat of state government. The...

Old Cahaba
There is little that remains of the government buildings, businesses, and residences that once made up...

Panton, Leslie & Company
Panton, Leslie & Company, established in 1783 by Scottish merchants William Panton, John Leslie,...

Daniel Pratt
Daniel Pratt (1799-1873) was Alabama's first major industrialist and founded the present-day city...

Protective Life Corporation
Protective Life Corporation was founded in 1907 in Birmingham. By 1928, one year after a merger with...

Rose Bowl of 1926
The 1926 Rose Bowl game, in which the University of Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the heavily favored...

Russell Corporation
Russell Corporation, today one the world's largest manufacturers of athletic uniforms, activewear,...

Winthrop Sargent
Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), a native of Massachusetts, was appointed by Pres. John Adams on May 7,...

Selma
Located on a high bluff that overlooks the Alabama River, 50 miles west of Montgomery, historic Selma...

Selma Ordnance and Naval Foundry
The Selma Ordnance and Naval Foundry, also known as the Selma Naval Foundry and Ironworks and the Selma...

Shelby County
Located near the geographic center of the state, Shelby County is home to some of Alabama's most...

Old St. Stephens
The now-abandoned settlement of St. Stephens sat atop a limestone bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River...

Charles Tait
Charles Tait (1768-1835), Alabama's first federal district court judge, played a significant role...

Talladega
Located in the northeast central part of Alabama, approximately 50 miles east of Birmingham, the city...

Pat Trammell
Pat Trammell (1940-1968) was the quarterback for the University of Alabama (UA) Crimson Tide football...

Tuscaloosa
Located in west-central Alabama along the fall line and the Black Warrior River, the city of Tuscaloosa...

Horace Ware
Horace Ware (1812-1890) built Alabama's first permanent ironworks and the first rolling mill, which...

W. David Lewis

Birmingham Iron and Steel Companies
Birmingham owes its 1871 founding to the geological uniqueness of the Jones Valley, the only place on...

Sloss Furnaces
Sloss Furnaces, a Birmingham-based iron-manufacturing complex, was established in 1881. The furnace and...