The Encyclopedia of Alabama defines itself as "a free, online reference resource on Alabama’s history, culture, geography, and natural environment." The EOA has been around for some years now, and contains numerous articles related to the state. I've been able to write a few of those articles, and here's a list.
All but one of these pertain more or less to the state's medical history.
Lloyd Noland
Physician Lloyd Noland (1880-1949) served with Alabamian general William C. Gorgas in the Panama Canal... Cornelius Nathaniel Dorsette
Cornelius N. Dorsette (1852?-1897) is often identified as the first licensed or certified black physician... Halle Tanner Dillon
Halle Tanner Dillon (1864-1901) was an African American physician who became the first woman certified to practice medicine in Alabama. Southern Research Institute
Established in 1944 as the first independent scientific research center in the Southeast, the Southern... Octavus Roy Cohen
Octavus Roy Cohen (1891-1959) was a journalist and prolific author of fiction who published more than...
Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA)
Organized in 1847, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) became the first statewide... - Graefenberg Medical Institute
The Graefenberg Medical Institute, founded in 1852 in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, was the first functioning... - Arthur McKinnon Brown
Arthur McKinnon (some sources give McKimmon) Brown (1867-1939) was one of the earliest African American...