...integration of the University of Mississippi by James Meredith represented a challenge of the social constructs that had defined the racial identity of many white southerners. This identity had been exclusively synonymous with a higher quality of employment, housing, and education. The movement embodied in Meredith’s efforts to obtain one of those privileges was well documented by the national media as one commentator in the described “the last gasp of the civil war.” However, underneath the apparent unified resistance of Mississippians and neighboring southerners, there were a variety of viewpoints , fears, and erroneous stereotypes that easily were overshadowed by the generalized sentiment of “We don’t want negroes in our school.” The national media depicted rejection of black integration into Mississippi schools by racist central protagonist and there supporters as the sole theme of the conflict, but they failed to incorporate the perspectives of those who took on the roles of passive bystanders and dissenters . The dominant narrative represented in the “Fighting Back” segment of The Eyes on the Prize was the total resistance and rejections of blacks as equal counterparts in higher education in the south. The sentiment was collected from the popular Jeffersonian belief amongst whites that their whiteness was a distinct trait of superiority to the identity blacks, a innately inferior race. This inferiority was the reasoning behind deficient housing, education, and employments...
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...had been listed one of the most horrible storms in history. The environmental consequence was devastating. New Orleans was vulnerable to wind and water, and over time a great deal has been done to help save this city from harm. Hurricanes Katrina storm course breached floodwalls and levees New Orleans, causing a widespread of damage along with the hampering rescue and improvement. The flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina was predicted, the degree of flooding was vague. Since much of the landscape of the city is underneath the sea level and lacking natural drainage precipitation frequently causes local flooding which is controlled by a system of canals and pumps (Cater 2005). New Orleans was faced with flooding threats from the Mississippi River, costal storms and severe precipitation. The levees as well as floodwalls around the city were intended to present a certain level of defense for such threat as Katrina. However the levees prevented the deposition of sediments that remain behind after the floodwater settle. Under natural conditions these sediments replenish and maintain the delta, building up costal wetlands. Most of the nation’s flood along with storm damage reduction is maintained by the government as well as a local levee district and several of which were locally build whereas other projects are built by the...
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... 7.0 External Marketing Environment……………………………………………… 8.0 Recommendations …………………………………………………………... 9.0 Summary …………………………………………………………… ……… … 10 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………. ……… Modular Homes Design Company 1. Introduction and Background The economy of Biloxi, Mississippi (MS) was in much need of stimulation following the devastation caused by the Katrina and Rita hurricanes nearly two years ago. Homelessness, illness, hopelessness, and despair are all remains of the wreckage. There has been rampant unemployment in the region; consumer debt has been on the rise. This has fueled the initiative for relief programs, attempts to bridge the gap of governmentally funded programs and the shortcomings of the locally and state-funded offerings. One federal initiative allows Mississippi Home Corporation to offer below-market mortgage rates. Rebuilding has been slow due to the lack of skilled construction workers. Displacement of workers and limited education/training are major causes for the deficiency. Building permit requirements have been made more stringent. Insurance settlements, or lack thereof, have left many homeowners striving to locate stable housing. Some of these homeowners have turned to government programs such as the Hurricane Katrina Grant Program. Insurance premiums skyrocketed for homeowners and business owners alike. In June 2006, Mississippi’s Governor Haley Barbour set aside $50 million in state-administered federal grants...
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...At the midpoint of the twentieth century, African Americans once again answered the call to transform the world. The social and economic ravages of Jim Crow era racism were all-encompassing and deep-rooted. Yet like a phoenix rising from the ashes of lynch mobs, debt peonage, residential and labor discrimination, and rape, the black freedom movement raised a collective call of "No More"! The maintenance of white power had been pervasive and even innovative, and hence those fighting to get out from under its veil had to be equally unrelenting and improvisational in strategies and tactics. What is normally understood as the Civil Rights movement was in fact a grand struggle for freedom extending far beyond the valiant aims of legal rights and protection. From direct-action protests and boycotts to armed self-defense, from court cases to popular culture, freedom was in the air in ways that challenged white authority and even contested established black ways of doing things in moments of crisis. Dixie and Beyond By the middle of the twentieth century, black people had long endured a physical and social landscape of white supremacy, embedded in policy, social codes, and both intimate and spectacular forms of racial restriction and violence. The social and political order of Jim Crow—the segregation of public facilities—meant schools, modes of transportation, rest rooms, and even gravesites were separate and unequal. Yet the catch-all phrase "Jim Crow" hardly accounts for the...
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...Admissions-based scholarships. Click the plus signs below to expand the sections and get complete details. General Admissions-Based Scholarship Opportunities Consideration Deadline: February 1 National Merit Scholarships Opportunities National Merit Semifinalist Scholarship Students designated as National Merit Semifinalists will receive the National Merit Semifinalist Scholarship, a scholarship equivalent to the value of tuition (and nonresident fees, if applicable) for four years. Presidential National Merit Scholarship Students progressing to National Merit Finalist status will receive the Presidential National Merit Finalist Scholarship, which is designed to cover tuition (and nonresident fees, if applicable), campus housing, a meal plan and...
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...Immediately after the British defeated the French in seventeen-sixty three …King George III quickly squashed any notion certain people might have about crossing the Appalachian Mountains into the British newly acquire land…. Scotty Gotitright, a tall, lanky, second generation Scotsman, with sparkling blue eyes, jet black hair, and affable personality, had great respect for King George III, however, he disagreed with him on this particular issue…. Scotty therefore, had an in-depth discussion with his parents and explained how he hankered to leave West Town, Virginia, cross the Appalachians and settle on the east bank of the Mississippi River and continue the family tradition. Andrew, the proprietor of The Gotitright Gunsmith Shop and Adamina, a sweet, loving, woman, gave their only child their blessing, because they knew their sixteen year old son had common sense, survival know how, and...
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...the chariot was created as a hunting vessel around the East Ural Mountains. (Plubin, 2013). Transmission of the chariot was driven by fighting and war. In 1800 BCE Syria used chariots as a weapon. Civilizations and cultures followed using chariots as weapons. In 1700 Hittites used the chariot as weapons in their kingdom and in 1650 BCE Egypt lost to the Hyksos army of chariots. Over the years the Middle East, China and Europe proclaimed the chariot as the main weapon of choice. Horses were bred to drive the chariots. The decline in chariots occurred around 500BC. The decline was due to the increase of horseback riding vs chariot use. C. . The Mississippi River and the California Gold Rush are two significant factors that has contributed to the development or expansion of the United States. The Mississippi River at 2,350 miles is the third longest river in...
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...Sixties I 1. A Movement in Motion a. Turning Trend i. On 1960, students from North Carolina A&T State University, entered a department store, sat at the counter and refused to leave the white’s only section 1. Names: Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, and David Richmond – members of CORE, Congress of Racial Equality (1942) ii. They utilized sit in agitation, and did so for five months iii. Other Protests 1. A Phillip Randolph – march on Washington 1941 2. Ruth Powell, Marianne Musgrave and Juanita Marrow arrest caused the formation of a Civil Rights Committee from campus organization leaders a. Organized sit ins on April 1943 at Little Palace Cafeteria on 14th U b. April 1944 a sit in took place at Thompsons Restaurant at 11th and Pennsylvania Ave – 2 weeks i. 56 students sat in, while representatives negotiated with the management 3. But these events did not become common knowledge within the media 4. In 1943, Core had started with sit-ins in The Jack Spratt Coffee House, in Chicago a. This was settled within a day by police officers b. This event also was viewed as regional – moment vs. movement b. Moment to Movement i. What does this mean? 1. Moments to Movements a. Irene Morgan vs. Rosa Parks i. Morgan refused to give up her seat in 1944 and was arrested ii. She went to the Supreme Court, and won iii. Morgan vs. Commonwealth of Virginia...
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... Community Assessment Many dimensions make up a community and allow it to thrive. These dimensions can be assessed to gather data and establish ideas for change to further broaden the community. The community of Greenville, Mississippi is rich in history, founded in 1824, was a cultural and business community for cotton plantations along the Mississippi River. It was destroyed in the Civil War during the siege of Vicksburg. Greenville was rebuilt, and regained its title as a booming agricultural and river port town. In 1927, a the levee dividing the town and the Mississippi River broke, flooding the town for a three month period. Greenville was resurrected again, and was a flourishing cultural and business town (History of Greenville, n.d.). However, over the past several decades, with changes to the economy over the years, movement of the population and poverty has lead to a decline of the town. A closer analysis at the facts, statistics, and resources Greenville has to offer can pinpoint the needs of this community. Windshield Survey Greenville, Mississippi is located in Washington County in the Mississippi Delta. The main highways connecting Greenville are Highway 1, Highway 82, and Highway 61. Lake Ferguson, an off-shoot of the Mississippi River, makes up Greenville’s west border, dividing it from Arkansas. The United States Census Bureau states that Greenville has a total area of 26.9 square miles (State and County QuickFacts, 2014). A phenomenological boundary...
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...ground overlooking the Mississippi River, above sea level. Also surrounded by Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, New Orleans was susceptible to hurricanes that would come up the coast into the Gulf. Originally New Orleans was naturally protected by “coastal swamps that helped absorb the energy of storm surges before they reached dry land.” (Stillman 228) At this point Americans were more concerned with the floods that happened annually from the Mississippi River. In the early days, settlers built a mile long levee to block overflows from the mighty Mississippi while landowners constructed their own levees. “In 1879, Congress created the Mississippi River Commission” (Stillman 228) in which they hoped to train the river. Herein lay one of the earliest problems. Congress assigned the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) to head this newly created commission. The Corps believed they could control Mother Nature however as the video footage from The Lost City of New Orleans: A Case Study proved, “human kind cannot take on Mother Nature”. These engineers did not have the experience however they continued to increase the levees stating this would “confine the rivers for good”. However, “the more the levees constricted the Mississippi, the higher the waters rose”. (Stillman 228) As new plans and projects for the protecting New Orleans from Mississippi floodwaters were enacted, federal government financially backed all of them. The Mississippi River and Tributaries Project...
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...Affordable Daycare for Low-Income Working Families Pamela Durant-Stewart Strayer University Memphis, TN Instructor: Dr. Lisa Joerg Research and Communication- BUS 531 July 07, 2008 Context of the Problem Three out of four children spend at least part of their day with a substitute caregiver, and Southern Mississippi needs to do more to ensure that care is high-quality and affordable. (Todd, C. and Ashton, A., March 2001). It’s not easy for an individual to live comfortably on less than eight dollars an hour. For parents working in low-wage jobs, trying to arrange reliable day care for their children can add another layer of anxiety to an already precarious existence. As part of Marketplace Morning Report’s series on the world of low-wage work, reporter David Schaper looks at the paucity of safe, affordable day care for low-income families. Kharfen, M. (Dec, 2000.) Low-income working mothers with children often have a hard time finding affordable day care. Even when child-care costs are based on a sliding-scale fee, many mothers with minimum-wage jobs can’t pay all of their child-care bills and still have money for housing, food, and transportation. we, as a society, want poor parents to be productive workers, some form of appropriate child care—regardless of parents’ ability to pay—must be available. Whether such care should be provided by employers, faith-based or charitable organizations, or through governmental programs is up to the citizenry to decide....
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...thought that the article was going to be talking about slavery, but Coates dose not really talk about slavery specifically but he does talk about a formerly enslaved woman named Bellinda Royal who sued her former owner for recompense for her labors. But much of the focus of the article falls on American housing policy from nearly a century later, to get his point across he uses the story of Clyde Ross, whose journey from Mississippi to Chicago is a living example of the trajectory Coates is describing. Ross who was the son of a Mississippi sharecropper saw the little wealth and land his father could attain forcibly stripped from him by local white authorities. Then, when Ross moved to Chicago after World War II, he was essentially shut out from buying a home by federal law through the legitimate means available to whites. He spent years paying for a house through a predatory agreement that did not allow him to build equity and which did not appreciate in value because homes in black communities were appraised as worth less than others in nonblack communities. The part of the story that really hurts me is the actions taken against Clyde’s family in Mississippi when Mississippi authorities claimed his father owed $3,000 in back taxes....
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...It wasn’t easy for Ida Mae Gladney and her family to leave the Jim Crow South whatsoever. During their days in Mississippi Ida Mae and her family were faced with segregated bathrooms, drinking fountains, buses and even separate Bibles to swear on in court; the Jim Crow South controlled every aspect of life in the South. Trying to get out of a toxic atmosphere is hard, especially in Ida Mae’s case because although they have the desire to leave Mississippi they didn’t make enough in the cotton fields to buy their way out of the South. She and her family were subjected to harsh treatments by the plantation owner, Mr. Edd, and the rest of the white people in the area during her times working in the cotton fields in Mississippi, but what makes Ida...
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...She is an African American, woman, identifies as a lesbian, and is approximately 29 years of age. The home town in Rural Mississippi that she grew up in, remains her residence. Her feature included dark brown skin color and she has short, black, thinker hair that she either ties up or places behind her ears. She is approximately 5’2” and is over weight for her height. The characteristics of her moment are often slower and careful when she is calm and brisk when she is angry. She trudges briskly when she walks, and she is animated in her movements when she talks. In her presentation she dresses more masculine and carries herself in her shoulders, which is a more masculine feature. High school was the highest level of education that she received, and she has not demonstrated any ambition to move further at this stage in her life. This woman has a job, but she might have had some trouble holding down a stable job due to her stress level that she presents with. She is currently single and her most notable success was the relationship with her ex-girlfriend, Paula. Even though that relationship has been terminated for many...
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...Community Assessment and Action Plan Mississippi is a beautiful state with so much history. Such as any state there are negatives and there are also certain health concerns that are specific to the area compared to other areas. Throughout this paper, I will review the demographics of the state as well as discuss one of the health concerns that prevail in the state of Mississippi. State Demographics For a little more than one hundred years, cotton was the undisputed king of Mississippi's economy. Over the last half-century, however, Mississippi has diversified its economy by balancing agricultural output with increased industrial activity. Mississippi’s economy continues to grow with the development of oil resources. Revenue from many industrial products has surpassed those from agriculture in recent years. In the Gulf coast area there is a profitable fishing and seafood processing industry, and gambling is prevalent along the Gulf Coast and in Tunica County. There are military air facilities in Columbus, Biloxi, and Meridian, as well as the Stennis Space Flight Center at Bay St. Louis. The state's per capita income, however, has been among the lowest in the nation for decades. Today, agriculture continues as a major segment of the state's economy. For almost four decades soybeans occupied the most, while cotton remained the largest cash crop. In 2001, however, more acres of cotton were planted than soybeans, and Mississippi jumped to second in the nation in cotton...
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