Are the University of Alabama and University of Kentucky both public?
yes
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky.
 Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University), the largest college or university in the state, with 30,720 students as of Fall 2015, and the highest ranked research university in the state according to "U.S. News and World Report".
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (Alabama or UA) is a public research university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the flagship of the University of Alabama System.
 Founded in 1820, UA is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama.
 UA offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, Education Specialist, and doctoral degrees.
 The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA.
 Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, communication and information sciences, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work.
William F. Perry
William Flank Perry (March 12, 1823 – December 18, 1901) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.
 Before the war, he was a self-taught teacher and lawyer, but never practiced law.
 Perry was elected Alabama's first superintendent of public education and was twice re-elected.
 He was president of East Alabama Female College at Tuskegee, Alabama between 1858 and 1862.
 He joined the 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment as a private but quickly was promoted to major, then colonel.
 After exercising brigade command for almost nine months in 1864 and early 1865, Perry was promoted to brigadier general near the end of the war.
 After returning to Alabama and working as a planter for two years, he moved to Kentucky where he resumed teaching.
 For many years, he was professor of English and philosophy at Ogden College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. University of South Alabama
The University of South Alabama (USA), officially nicknamed "South" is a public, national research university in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
 It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama.
 With Alabama's two older universities more than 200 miles distant, the University is strategically located in the greater Mobile area, which has a population of more than a million within a 100-mile radius.
 Currently, USA is divided into ten colleges and schools and includes one of Alabama's two state-supported medical schools.
 As of the Fall semester of 2016, South Alabama has an enrollment of 16,699 students.
 To date, the University has awarded over 80,000 degrees.
 As of 2014 the university maintains a 14% graduation rate for four year courses, and was named the 8th most dangerous college in the country by "Business Insider". Sam McCorkle
Sam McCorkle (born November 19, 1949) is former head football coach at both the University of West Alabama and the University of Tennessee at Martin.
 He grew up in Meridian, Mississippi and attended Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama) where he played center from 1970 to 1972.
 He began his coaching career in 1973 and held assistant coaching positions at North Texas State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Livingston, Kentucky, Austin Peay, Mississippi Delta Community College and several high schools throughout Alabama.
 He recently served as the head coach of Etowah High School in Attalla, Alabama from 2009-2012.
 He was recently named the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Oxford (MS) High School. Bama (soil)
The Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Alabama adopted a resolution at its 1996 annual meeting recommending the Bama Soil Series as the state soil.
 The association is composed of a group of soil classifiers representing the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Alabama A&M University, private soil consultants, the Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, and the Alabama Department of Public Health.
 The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts also joined in recommending the Bama Soil Series as the official State Soil.
 The Bama series was designated the official state soil by the Alabama Legislature on April 22, 1997. North Alabama–West Alabama football rivalry
The North Alabama–West Alabama football rivalry is a college football rivalry game between two public universities in the U.S. state of Alabama, the University of North Alabama Lions and the University of West Alabama Tigers.
 The current winner is West Alabama, who won 38–17, on September 23, 2017.
 North Alabama leads the all-time series, 52–18–1. Alabama Book Festival
The Alabama Book Festival is an annual literary festival held since 2006 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
 In the past, it has been sponsored by the Alabama Center for the Book (formerly on the Auburn University campus, in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities and now at the University of Alabama).
 Since 2010, it is underwritten by, among others, the Alabama Writers' Forum, the Alabama Humanities Foundation, the Alabama Library Association, Alabama Public Television, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, New South Books, and Regions Bank.
 The festival features writers, publishing companies, and local artists, including musicians and print makers. Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach.
 He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team.
 During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships.
 Upon his retirement in 1982, he held the record for most wins as head coach in collegiate football history with 323 wins.
 The Paul W. Bryant Museum, Paul W. Bryant Hall, Paul W. Bryant Drive, and Bryant–Denny Stadium are all named in his honor at the University of Alabama.
 He was also known for his trademark black and white houndstooth hat, deep voice, casually leaning up against the goal post during pre-game warmups, and holding his rolled-up game plan while on the sidelines.
 Before arriving at Alabama, Bryant was head football coach at the University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, and Texas A&M University. Douglas A. Boyd
Douglas A. Boyd is an oral historian, archivist, folklorist and author and currently directs the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky.
 He graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in History and graduated from Indiana University with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Folklore.
 He is known for his work regarding oral history and digital technologies including his work designing and managing the OHMS system (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer).
 Recently served as executive producer of the documentary "Kentucky Bourbon Tales: Distilling the Family Spirit", as well as the award-winning documentary "Quest for the Perfect Bourbon: Voices of Buffalo Trace Distillery" and is active in the Oral History Association, Society for American Archivists, and the American Folklore Society.
 Formerly, Boyd managed the digital program for the University of Alabama Libraries, directed the Kentucky Oral History Commission, and served as the senior archivist for the folklife and oral history collections at the Kentucky Historical Society.
 He is co-editor of "Oral History and Digital Humanities: Voice, Access, and Engagement" with Mary A. Larson.
 Boyd is also author of "Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community" which was published by University Press of Kentucky and was featured on C-Span's Book TV.
 He also regularly appears on the radio show "Saving Stories".
 He is also the co-host of The Wisdom Project Podcast, with Kopana Terry.