Glossary

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• SCI Systems, Inc.
  Founded in a basement in Huntsville, Madison County, basement in 1961 by engineers Olin B. King, Bill...
• Nick Saban
  Nick Saban (1951- ), the current head football coach of the University of Alabama (UA) football team,...
• Sack of Athens
  Located in the upper north-central part of Alabama in Limestone County, the city of Athens was the scene...
• Sacred Harp National Convention
  The Sacred Harp National Convention is held in Alabama every June. More than 500 participants gather...
• Samford University
  Samford University was founded by Baptists as Howard College in Marion, Perry County, in 1841. Located...
• Samson
  Samson is located in western Geneva County in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. It has a...
• Sonia Sanchez
  Sonia Sanchez (1934-) is a poet who was born and lived her early years in Alabama. Growing up in Alabama...
• Johnny Sandlin
  John Everett "Johnny" Sandlin Jr. (1945- ) of Decatur, Morgan County, has made important contributions...
• Elise Ayers Sanguinetti
  Edel Elise Ayers Sanguinetti (1926- ) is a novelist and journalist from Alabama who tried to counter...
• Emma Sansom (Johnson)
  Emma Sansom (1847-1900) is remembered in Alabama as a heroine for aiding Confederate general Nathan Bedford...