Harvey H. Jackson: The hero of spring break | AnnistonStar.com

Harvey H. Jackson: The hero of spring break | AnnistonStar.com: "So the few Alabamians who were inspired by the movie went to Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Panama City and Destin, where we met a smattering of students from states with longer breaks who, naturally, were having twice the fun we had.

Years passed before Alabama got a real spring break. But sometime between 1966, when Lurleen Wallace was elected governor and I left the state, and 1990, when I returned, the deed was done."