...Biography of Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Who was Andrew Young Jr.? Most people immediately associate him with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and the Civil Rights Movement. I chose to write about Andrew Young because of his strong feelings about the rights of black Americans. He felt that everyone, black or white, should have equal rights. Andrew fought along the side of Martin Luther King, Jr. and continued the work after King's death. The Civil Rights Movement required many dedicated and determined souls. Andrew Young, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of peace who believed in using love vice hate to settle disagreements. He accomplished many wonderful things to help Martin Luther King's Dream live on. Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the depths of the Great Depression and Jim Crow segregation. His grandfather had been a successful businessman who had operated a drugstore, a pool hall, and a saloon. His father, Andrew Young Sr. was a dentist and his mother Daisy Fuller Young was a school teacher. The Young’s were among the elite of the city’s black population, which was largely poor and uneducated. Dr. Young Sr. could have afforded to live in a well-to-do white neighborhood, but no one would sell to him.(African American pg 104) .His parents were always very supportive of Andrew and his brother Walter. His parents always taught them the importance of religion and education and to treat others with respect...
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...1936, the wife of a NBC executive was murdered and the killer caught partly due to fibers from twine used to bind her during the murder. Ted Bundy was convicted of the murder of a 12-year old girl partly due to fibers found in his van. The trial of Wayne Williams, also based on fiber evidence, differed from other cases in several significant ways. From July 1979 to May 1981, thirty black children and young men were reported missing or found dead in the area of Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia State Crime Lab found yellow-green nylon fibers and violet acetate fibers on the bodies and clothing of victims. The fibers from the different victims were generally similar to each other, linking them to a single source and tying them to one killer. The Wayne Williams case was the first time fiber evidence played a significant role in a case involving a large number of murder victims. An Atlanta newspaper wrote an article about several different fibers being located on the bodies. After the article, bodies located in the Atlanta area rivers were nude or clothed only in underwear. The release of the information caused a change in the way the suspect disposed of bodies, in an apparent effort to eliminate fiber evidence. Media attention appeared to result in a change in pattern of the suspect. Media attention on the murders and the Williams trial was unique due to the amount and detail of the coverage. After Williams was discovered on a Chattahoochee River bridge, police ultimately discovered...
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...This is a Photograph taken after the Rosewood Massacre. The people in the picture are people from the town of Rosewood burying three victims from the Rosewood riots. Questions: 1) How would you feel if you had to possibly bury a friend or someone you knew after a horrible massacre? 2) How do you think these people knew the three victims? 3) Why do you think the graves are not very formal for these three black victims? In this picture you can see the people of Rosewood cleaning up their town after disaster shook the town. On the cart are dead and injured people. The man holding the gun is protecting the dead and injured as they go through the town to find more victims. Questions: 1) Would you have been able to help clean up the town after the massacre? 2) Why do you think there is a white person picking up the dead and wounded instead of a black person? 3) If you were the man holding the gun in this picture, what would be going on in your head? This is an original photograph of a house set to fire during the Rosewood Massacre. This was a black families home where the family was ran out. Luckily they were not killed in the fire. Questions: 1) How would you feel if you were this family and lost everything you owned? 2) How would you deal with this heart ache and feeling of betrayal. 3) Who do you think took this picture? Someone who stopped and saw it, or the person who set it on fire? Sarah Carrier, left, Sylvester, standing and Willie Carrier, right. Another Rosewood resident...
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...and raised in Inglewood, CA for a while but I moved to Atlanta, GA with my father. I have not live in many cities but the one in which I live are quite different from the one I grew up. Atlanta, GA is the city where I live now. “Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States with a population of 537,958.” Atlanta is also known to have many actors, singers, and music producer that live here. Atlanta once held the 1996 Summer Olympics. Atlanta is the home of the National Football League Atlanta Falcons, National Basketball Association Atlanta Hawks, and Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves. Atlanta is the city to have Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic site, Carter Center, and The World of Coca-Cola Museum. When I was growing up I never paid any attention to how people look and what ethnic group he or she belong in. The community I grew up in was mainly Caucasians and African Americans. We had a few Hispanics that was living in the city but they mainly came in the summer to work. As, I grow older then I realize what ethnic group I came from and was many different types of ethnic groups. I am African American and I take exceptional pride in my ethnic and religion. He or she will not find many people who will sit there and say they are proud of where they come. Because I have been living in Atlanta, GA I noticed that Africans Americans dominated over the...
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...Topic Name Institutional Affiliation On 1st June 1980, the Cable News Network (CNN) began operation becoming the world’s first ever 24 hour television news network. CNN began the news reporting venture at 6p.m from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia with a story about the alleged assassination attempt of Vernon Jordan, who was a renowned civil rights leader in the U.S. The cable news network company went on to change the ideology that news could only be reported at fixed hours of the day (History, 2015). During the launch of CNN, television news was dominated by three major networks: NBC, CBS and ABC. The cable news network company is currently being watched by nearly 89 million American households with approximately 160 million homes on the international front. This venture was instigated by Robert Turner, an outspoken businessman who was nicknamed as “Mouth of the South. After the death of his father, he took over the family business and expanded it consequently. His desire for mass media was evident when he decided to buy the failing Atlanta television station that used to air old movies and transformed the station into a nsuccess through his own personal investment. Later on, Turner went on to create CNN after four years of intense development. This venture became successful because of his resilience, determination and experience in dealing with mass media platforms. Through the first years of operation, the cable news network experienced significant amounts of loses...
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...Atlanta United Found Its New Home In DeKalb County Atlanta United has already made the site in DeKalb County its new home. According to the news reported by the Atlanta United FC, On Tuesday, DeKalb Interim CEO Lee May and members of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners officially confirmed on Tuesday that the headquarters and training facility of the Atlanta United will soon rise on DeKalb County. A warm welcome was served by May to their new partner saying: “We are excited to have Atlanta United FC as the cornerstone of our new “Downtown DeKalb” and as the catalyst for revitalization of the Memorial Drive corridor,” “Not many people know this, but this location is right across the street from the first Home Depot store. In a way, this is a homecoming, and DeKalb County welcomes Arthur Blank back home with open arms.” The economic development facility would be 41 acres of county-owned land lies near Kensington Road and Memorial Drive. The project will be provided by the DeKalb County via ground lease to Decide DeKalb. And a demolition will be made to those existing buildings that are no longer useful to county assets----Decide DeKalb will be in charge of it. Decide DeKalb will be also responsible in some land preparations of the property. http://atlutd.com/atlanta-united-fc-selects-dekalb-county-for-training-facility/ According to the news reported by the AJC.com, the soccer complex project costs for about $30 million which was made possible by the...
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...DISCUSSION: Race, Racism and Sport -- The myth of the superiority of the Black male athlete The prompt to this discussion dictates I articulate why the “common sense” notion that African-Americans dominate sports is false. Excuse me for playing the devil’s advocate, and hopefully I do not lose points for disregarding the instructions, but after reading the chapter I see things differently and an important point needs to be made. If anything, I am inclined to argue Coakley’s hypothesis, along with the other research and history included therein, does more to reinforce the idea that African-Americans dominate sports than it does to discredit the notion that has developed into a stereotype. In my opinion, Coakley’s hypothesis serves to provide sound reasoning and explanation as to how, and why, African-Americans have come to dominate sports in modern America. When I say, “dominate sports” be aware I’m using the phrase quite loosely. I’m referring to the overwhelming majority of African-Americans that make up professional basketball and football teams as well as their collegiate counterparts. In no way am I saying that African-Americans are more talented or perform better statistically; instead, I mean to say that they dominate the populations—there are just way more of them on the field of play. Hold that field of play term in the back of your mind as we move along. Before I go on, let’s check out some numbers courtesy of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in...
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...3 Middle Tennessee Summer Trips Worth Every Penny Explore all the history and entertainment that Middle Tennessee has to offer. Offering some of the most stunning and interesting spots in the nation, Middle Tennessee is a perfect destination for your summer trip. From museums to fine wine to great music, come and explore all that the area has to offer this summer. While you can’t go wrong with any Middle Tennessee trip choice, here are a few of our favorites. 3. Columbia Located just 45 miles south of Nashville, Columbia has much to offer the historically minded traveler. With over 90 buildings that have already passed the centennial of their construction, Historic Columbia Square features many unique shops along its cobblestone streets. Must-dos on your trip to Columbia include a visit to the Rippavilla Plantation, hiking the Natchez Trace Parkway and paddling the Duck River Blueway. Columbia is the perfect place to launch your tour of Middle Tennessee. Built in 1853, the 10,000 square foot Rippavilla Plantation house is a stunning example of the antebellum Greek Revival style. Used as a field hospital during the Civil War, the 100-acre site offers guided tours of the mansion, self-guided walks through the Battle of Rage Hill grounds, a view into slave life in the one remaining slave quarter on the site, and stunningly manicured gardens. Linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers, the Natchez Trace is a historic forest trail used by Native Americans, early...
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...Larry Fitzgerald, the vice president for business development and finance for the University of Virginia Health Systems, is preparing a proposal to the U. Va. board members to construct a new long-term acute care (LTAC) facility. An LTAC is designed for patients whom require hospital stays of 25 days or more. Recently the U. Va. had been facing capacity issues with an inadequate number of beds. The hospital would gain an additional 25 bed days per patient transferred to the LTAC, thus increasing revenues from patient’s insurance and increasing patient care. Fitzgerald’s previous proposal for the LTAC facility in 1999 was declined by the board. Although recent regulation put a halt to new construction of LTAC facilities beginning in January 2007, Fitzgerald was determined to convince the board of the value the investment would provide. The board required certain restrictions with new capital investments. First, a 5.0% profit margin as the minimum on new investments, with excess to be reinvested into teaching and research. Second, to maintain its AA bond rating in order to keep future borrowing costs low. The LTAC total investment is estimated at $15 million for the 30 year project. Fitzgerald believed he could use bank loan financing to not jeopardize the AA rating. The issue at hand, is what measurements should be presented to secure the boards interest for approval, and how to go about calculating them. Fitzgerald’s proposal would be most effective at convincing the board if...
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...Originally named the Dwarf Grill, Chick-fil-A was founded in 1946 by Samuel Truett Cathy in Hapeville, Georgia. The Dwarf Grill restaurant later became the Dwarf House and to this day remains in business located near a former Ford plant in Hapeville Georgia. The first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in 1967 located in an Atlanta Georgia shopping mall. Samuel Truett Cathy pioneered the establishment of restaurants inside of shopping malls and subsequently all Chick-fil-A restaurants were located inside shopping malls until 1986. Their first freestanding restaurant opened in 1986 and today most of their new restaurants are freestanding. Today there are over 1,614 restaurant locations with sales topping $4 billion dollars in 2011. Chick-fil-A’s mission statement is simple; to "Be America's Best Quick-Service Restaurant". Along with Samuel Truett Cathy, today there are several key corporate leaders involved in the operation of Chick-fil-A. Dan T. Cathy, Samuel Cathy’s first son, is the President and Chief Operating Officer, Donald M. Cathy, Samuel Cathy’s middle son, is the Senior Vice President and Dwarf House President, James McCabe is the Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Steve Robinson is the Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Perry Ragsdale is the Senior Vice President, Design, and Construction, and Timothy Tassopoulos is the Senior Vice President of Operations. Chick-fil-A’s procedure for selecting potential leaders is known to be very...
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...John Randolph an advocate for environmentally conscious land use, sprawl is “land-consumptive, dispersed, auto-dependent land development made up of homogeneous segregated uses: housing subdivisions, shopping centers, office/business arks, large civic institutions, and roadways heavily dependent on collector roads (37)” Sprawl is a term which, in the urban planning vernacular, is used to criticize suburban community’s lack of planning which results in auto-centric residents and inefficient and hazardous land usage. Characteristically, sprawl happens when a large population relocates from the city core to the suburbs. The perfect example of how sprawl is happening in America is Atlanta, Georgia. According to Robert D. Bullard’s analysis of Atlanta’s sprawl, between 1990 and 1997, the greater Atlanta area gained 475,600 people of which, only 2,647 (less than 1 percent) were added to the city. Atlanta’s area boundaries doubled in the 1990’s as people moved to the suburbs to be closer to jobs and to partake in the booming housing...
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...BACKGROUND Delta Air Lines is a major United States airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. The airline's hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic (88 million passengers per year) and number of landings and takeoffs. Delta is the 3rd largest and the oldest airline still operating in the United States. Between 2001 and 2005, Delta airlines lost $10 billion. The firm’s cash assets had significantly fallen short of its debt obligation, which stood at $14 billion. Standard and Poor’s (S&P) placed Delta’s debt ratings on “credit-watch” with negative implications, citing critical liquidity problems. The leaders of Delta Air Lines’ pilot union had alerted their members that the firm might have to file for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11 of the American Bankruptcy Code. In a bit to increase the liquidity, Delta sold its subsidiary (Atlantic Southwest Airlines) to SkyWest Airline for $425 million in August 2005. At the time of the sale, Delta was also experiencing a major operational crisis. As Delta was struggling to pull together its restructuring plan to survive, many analysts believed that the airline was under an increasing risk of bankruptcy. However, Delta continue to grow throughout mergers and acquisitions as below: - In 1972, it merged with Northeast Airlines - In 1984, Delta expanded its reach in the domestic U.S market with its Delta Connection Program. Under this program...
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...I have been working in the family business for 14 years and we were working 7 days a week, was this what I wanted for the rest of my life or my family’s life…No, that being said, I identified and diagnosed the problem I was facing. I worked on many alternative solutions, like hiring more help at my passion, changing hours, and lastly a different profession. But after evaluating the alternatives there was no way that I could change the hours, also there was no way that addition people could not be hired, which left the changing in professions. This is when I made the choice to look for a new job, but they were hard to come by in my rural area. I would start looking for a job in my area and also out of the state. I found a position in Atlanta GA and then the big part of this decision was moving my family away from the only life they ever knew. My wife and children have never left Pennsylvania for more than a week in there whole life. We packed and moved 800 miles and after 6 years and looking back it was one of the best decisions that I have...
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...Maynard Jackson Maynard Jackson was the first African American mayor in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also a member of the Democratic Party. Maynard Jackson served three terms an two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982. Maynard Jackson’s grandfather was a civil rights leader. Maynard graduated Morehouse college in 1956 when he was only 18 years old. Also Jackson’s mother was a French Professor at Spellman in Atlanta, Georgia. Maynard Jackson was part of alpha phi alpha. He had a wife and three children. His wife name was Burnella burke and their three children name was Elizabeth, Brooke, Maynard. After his divorce, he got married to Valerie Richardson in 1980 an also had two children named Valerie and Alexandra. His daughter Valerie Jackson a host for wape FM radio station. Jackson was mayor when Atlanta was selected as the host city for the summer Olympic Games in 1996. . He helped arrange for the rebuilding of the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airports and this airport was renamed Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in his honor. In 2001 he lost the election. Jackson received the backing of the president candidate, Bill Bradley. Jackson was mayor when the Marta obtained a large amount of Federal funding for rail-line system. Marta began its first rail transit service in Atlanta and in DeKalb County in 1979 .He also fought against the construction of freeways through in town neighborhoods. Jackson's first term as mayor also coincided...
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...Community Windshield Survey Susan Holcomb Community Health Nursing NR443 Chamberlain College of Nursing January 19, 2014 Community Windshield Survey The community I have chosen is Douglasville, Georgia which is about 20 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia and is located inside the Atlanta Metropolitan area. While driving through the community, it seems to be like most other communities in that you can be driving through a beautiful neighborhood and two streets over you can end up in the poverty stricken area where there are drug houses. Douglasville is a very family friendly city. There are lots of young families, middle aged families and a fair amount of young Grandparents who are primary care givers for their grand kids. It is predominately white at 83% with 13% being of African American decent and other races at 4%. Most of the people and families that I was able to see driving through the community were clean and seemed well kept up. Some appeared to be well nourished; some overweight and some appeared to be fit. During the evening survey, I noticed the night life of downtown Douglasville – there were a couple of sports bars in the area with mostly males drinking. It did not appear to be unruly but it was loud. The homes in the community are of a variety. Some neighborhoods, the houses are set far apart, some neighborhoods they were too close to each other; however, this was on purpose. The houses were mostly well maintained; however, there were some areas...
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