Sumter County is part of the so-called Black Belt region of central Alabama.

Dallas County is in the Black Belt region.

The branding is a tribute to the pond catfish industry in the Black Belt region the station serves.

Dallas County is located in the Black Belt region of the west-central portion of the state.

State Route 61 travels through Alabama's Black Belt region, perhaps the poorest area of the state.

Sewell led the effort to have Teach for America select Alabama's Black Belt region as a new site in 2010.

Located in the fertile Black Belt region, Hayneville's early economy centered on cotton production.

The median income for a household in the Black Belt region was $27,130, and the median income for a family was $35,698.

Much of the Black Belt region was open space.

As late as the 1830s, about 11% of the Black Belt region was covered with prairies.