People Index
Railroad Bill
The legend of Railroad Bill arose in the winter of 1895, along the Louisville and Nashville (L&N)...Howell Raines
Journalist Howell Raines's (1943- ) career took him from a position as a local Birmingham reporter...Albert Rains
Albert McKinley Rains (1902-1991) was a noted congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives...Erskine Ramsay
Erskine Ramsay (1864-1953) was a mining engineer, inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist. Although...James T. Rapier
James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) was one of three African American Republican congressmen from Alabama...Louise Crenshaw Ray
Poet Louise Crenshaw Ray (1890-1956) was born and lived her entire life in Alabama, publishing four volumes...Julian Lee Rayford
Julian Lee Rayford (1908-1980), known to his friends as "Judy," was a novelist and poet and also wrote...James Reeb
A social worker and Unitarian Universalist minister, James Reeb (1927-1965) was severely beaten by a ...J. J. D. Renfroe
J. J. D. Renfroe (1830-1888), a mostly self-educated Southern Baptist minister, rose to prominence in...Condoleezza Rice
Birmingham native Condoleezza Rice (1954-) is a foreign policy expert who served as provost of Stanford...