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Also Known As	Alabama Polytechnic Institute • East Alabama Male College • Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama
Areas Of Involvement	engineering • land-grant universities • public education
Notable Alumni	Suni Lee • Octavia Spencer • Bo Jackson • Charles Barkley • Tim Cook

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