Glossary

Y : 6 Terms

• William Lowndes Yancey
  Alabama political leader William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) was a preeminent figure in the secession...
• York
  York is located in Sumter County in west-central Alabama very near the Mississippi border. It has a mayor/council...
• Nathan B. Young
  Educator Nathan B. Young (1862-1933) was a key proponent of improving academic standards and liberal...
• Rosa Young
  Known as the "mother of Black Lutheranism in central Alabama" and a strong advocate of education for...
• Samuel Younge Jr.
  Tuskegee Institute student Samuel Younge Jr. (1944-1966) was the first black college student to be killed...
• Yuchis in Alabama
  The Yuchi are a Native American tribe who resided in present-day Alabama until the early 1830s, when...