Glossary

B : 143 Terms

• Boaz
  Boaz is located in the northeast part of the state primarily in Marshall County, although part of the...
• Boligee
  Boligee is located in southwest Greene County in the west-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...
• Boll Weevil Monument
  The only memorial honoring an insect, the Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Coffee County, stands as...
• Boll Weevil in Alabama
  The insect known as the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) decimated the cotton-based agriculture in Alabama...
• Ruthie Bolton
  Former Auburn University basketball star Ruthie Bolton (1967- ) is one of the pioneers of women's...
• Neil Bonnett
  Neil Bonnett (1946-1994) was a popular racecar driver from Birmingham, Jefferson County, who won 18 National...
• Books-A-Million
  Birmingham-based Books-A-Million has grown from a makeshift newsstand established in 1917 in Florence...
• Buford Boone
  Though not a native Alabamian, Buford Boone (1909-1983) nonetheless became one of the state's leading...
• Charles Octavius Boothe
  Charles Octavius Boothe (1845-1924) was an influential African American Baptist preacher, educator, and...
• Boswell Amendment
  The Boswell Amendment was a short-lived amendment to the Alabama Constitution, enacted in 1946, that...