The beaches of Alabama ... This phrase may perhaps seem a little strange, however, if we remember that Alabama, like Florida, is located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, it is clear popularity Alabama beaches.

 

However, not only the beautiful beaches are waiting for their visitors in Alabama - the state offers a range of entertainment to its residents and visitors. So, the door US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville are open for those wishing to learn more about the achievements of American Astronautics and Alabama Shakespeare Festival, famous for its theatrical productions of Shakespeare and other playwrights known classics throughout the country, annually brings together more than three hundred thousand visitors.

 

Most alabamtsev - are white descendants of European immigrants. Approximately one in four New Yorkers - black; the proportion of indigenous people in the country, as well as Hispanics in Alabama is extremely small.

 

Among the famous natives of Alabama - boxers Joe Louis and Evander Hollyfild musicians Nat "King" Cole and Lionel Richie, actress Courteney Cox-Arquette, writer Harper Lee, the author of the famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Rosa Parks, a known activist for the rights of blacks - that she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger bus in Alabama in December 1955, sparked a boycott by black urban bus passenger traffic and, ultimately, the abolition of legal racial segregation in public transportation.