Tuscaloosa

[ tuhs-kuh-loo-suh ]

/ ˌtʌs kəˈlu sə /

a city in W Alabama.

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Recently, ProPublica wrote a deep and haunting exposition on the re-segregation of schools in the South, including Tuscaloosa.
How Charter Schools and Testing Regimes Have Helped Re-Segregate Our Schools|Sally Kohn|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year, Mercedes, whose largest U.S. plant is in Tuscaloosa, Ala., invested $350 million in the facility.
Rick Santorum’s Ugly Appeal to Rural Voters|Joel Kotkin|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In an early 1990s, as a still-recent transplant to America, Huang drove from Tuscaloosa to Buffalo and passed Canton, Ohio.
The Legend of Charlie Chan|Paul Devlin|September 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
At Tuscaloosa they shot a federal soldier for looking out of a window, and wounded another in the face for the same offense.
The Scout and Ranger|James Pike

From Tuscaloosa, he shot athwart the wilds of Alabama, over Indian grounds, that bloody battles have rendered ever memorable.
The Portland Sketch Book|Various
Tuscaloosa County, the location of the State University, is said to have suffered worst of all.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama|Walter L. Fleming
Horace Martin was detailed to go to Tuscaloosa to obtain clothing for the company.
A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A.|George Little
About this time by some unknown means, it was reported in Tuscaloosa that Capt. Lumsden was intemperate or addicted to drink.
A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A.|George Little