Glossary

B : 141 Terms

• British West Florida
  In the Seven Years' War (1754, 1756-63) British forces soundly defeated those of the Spanish and...
• Broad River Group
  The Broad River Group is a term coined in the book Politics and Power in a Slave Society (1978) to refer...
• Brookwood
  Brookwood is located in eastern Tuscaloosa County in the west-central region of the state. It has a mayor/city...
• Glen Browder
  John Glen Browder (1943- ) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1997 for Alabama's...
• Joe David Brown
  Joe David Brown (1915-1976) drew memorably from his own life to compose his fiction: his grandfather's...
• Johnny Mack Brown
  Dothan native Johnny Mack Brown (1904-1974) gained fame in two very different arenas: college football...
• Mary Ward Brown
  Although success did not come until she was in her sixties, Mary Ward Brown (1917-2013) achieved major...
• Mike Brown
  Michael E. Brown (1965- ) is the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy at the...
• William Garrott Brown
  A native of Marion, Perry County, William Garrott Brown (1868-1913) was a historian and essayist during...
• William Phineas Browne
  William Phineas Browne (1804-1869), a leading pioneer of Alabama's coal industry, operated the state's...