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1 Thing to Love About Alabama: Ground zero of a movement that changed the fabric of the world

We have made it! All 101 things to love about Alabama. Football arrives tomorrow.

So, we’ll wrap up this winding offseason journey with probably the most important thing Alabama has ever produced. I didn’t set out to make this a ranked list. But, you’d be hard-pressed to find another topic that is as deserving to be No. 1, because there is no greater association with the state than the special place in American history where lies its Civil Rights movement. This epochal ground zero changed the fabric of American life, and inspired and changed the lives of millions across the globe.