Areas of this state, along with its northern neighbor, attempted to secede from it during the Civil War and form a neutral state called "Nickajack." A "platform" named for this state was William Yancey's counter to the Wilmot Proviso, and its later politics were dominated by the populist Big Mule-Black Belt coalition. The civil rights era in this state included the deaths of Denise McNair, Carole 
Areas of this state, along with its northern neighbor, attempted to secede from it during the Civil War and form a neutral state called "Nickajack." A "platform" named for this state was William Yancey's counter to the Wilmot Proviso, and its later politics were dominated by the populist Big Mule-Black Belt coalition. The civil rights era in this state included the deaths of Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and two others in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Vivian Malone and James Hood's integrated its flagship university, despite its governor "standing in the schoolhouse door." For 10 points, name this state where Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King coordinated with Rosa Parks to lead a bus boycott.
Areas of this state, along with its northern neighbor, attempted to secede from it during the Civil War and form a neutral state called "Nickajack.
Alabama