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...Alabama is home to a long list of renowned black figures, from George Washington Carver to Nat King Cole to Jesse Owens, but it is perhaps best remembered for Selma and Birmingham and some of the most violent civil-rights skirmishes of the 20th century. Much has changed since the turbulent Sixties, but there is still only one African American from Alabama in Congress. Despite a Democratic surge during the Wallace era, voters in the Camellia State still lean toward the g.o.p. as space-age communities like Huntsville grow and heavy industry, attracted by the state's red, iron-filled...
BORN: July 2, 1956, Fort Belvadere, Va. EDUCATION: U of Alabama, B.S., 1978; Samford U, J.D., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Maudie; one child RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Alabama Senate, 1983-, chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1995- ADDRESS: 2361 Fairlane Drive, Suite M320, Montgomery...
Democrats lost an Alabama Senate seat when Richard Shelby switched parties. Now, with Howell Heflin stepping down, they could lose the other. But Bedford, who underwent a 1990 bone-marrow transplant to combat cancer, is a fighter with the experience to win. Campaigning on a family-and-faith platform, he opposes school vouchers and supports federal programs that help children...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Let's visit a classroom, where Alabama's future will be determined, and explain to those children and their parents why, in the richest country on earth, we can't find money for Head Start and school lunches...
BORN: Dec. 24, 1946, Hybart EDUCATION: Huntingdon College, B.A.; U of Alabama, J.D. FAMILY: Wife, Mary Blackshear; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Army, 1973; Army Reserve, 1974-86 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: State Attorney General, 1995- ADDRESS: 4131 Carmichael Road, Montgomery...