Tuscaloosa (Alabama)
See also: Tuscaloosa
The town of Tuscaloosa is the seat of the Comté of Tuscaloosa, in the Alabama, with the the United States, on banks of the river Black Warrior. It is the fifth plus big city of the State, with: 80181 inhabitants in the city and approximately: 120000 in the agglomeration (2005). In 2003, it counted: 79294 inhabitants.
Its name comes from the chief Choctaw Tuskalusa ( Black warrior in language chocktaw, which one finds in the name of the river which sprinkles the city), overcome by Hernando de Soto in 1540 at the time of the battle of Mauvila. The city was the capital of Alabama of 1826 with 1846, before being supplanted by Mobile.
Tuscaloosa is an important university town, of trade, health and education.
To note
It is in Tuscaloosa that the segregationist governor George Wallace, the June 11th 1963, in front of the Foster Auditorium of the Université of Alabama, tried to prevent the black students Vivian Malone and James Hood to integrate the establishment.
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