This was the common lifestyle in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. ... King stated in 1957, at his parish in Montgomery, Alabama: History unfortunately leaves some people oppressed and some people oppressor. ... Using this outline of love and non-violence, which is a modification and combination of Jesus and Gandhi's beliefs, King assembled a group to contest the laws in Birmingham, Alabama. ... In time the Governor of Alabama, George Wallace became frustrated that there was no news coming from Alabama's largest city. ... "These men were among the most prominent religious leaders in ...

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February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. ... Carter Godwin Woodson to lead the struggle and search for the truth and institutionalize what was then referred to as "Negro History Week". ... Under Woodson's direction and contributions from other African American and white scholars, the "Negro History Week" was launched on a serious platform in ...

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The current population in Alabama is 4,800,000 people, up from 4,447,000 in 2000. ... The graph below shows the age distribution for Alabama as of 2013. ... The geographic distribution of Alabama is summarized in the graphic to the right: The median annual household income for Alabama is $42,900; approximately $10,000 less than the national average of $52,700. ... The second largest ethnicity in Alabama is African American at 26.5%. ... The employment condition in Alabama has shown positive trends since the beginning of the economic recovery. ...

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In the 1960's, the governor of Alabama, George Wallace, was a militant supporter of segregation. In 1963 two blacks, Vivian Jones and James Hood, sought admission to the traditionally segregated University of Alabama. ... He refused to move, so the national guard was called in to restore order and admit Jones and Hood to the University of Alabama. ... Probably one of the biggest school riots in history was at the University of Massachusetts on October 27, 1986. ... In 1994, a principal from an Alabama high school opposed interracial couples' attending his school's prom. ...

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Stories such as this are repeated over and over in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States: In January 1961, James Meredith, an African-American, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. ... Bibb County, Alabama, Board of Education v. United States, 1967 v/s The court for the first time ordered an entire state, Alabama, to desegregate its schools. ... Montgomery County, Alabama, School System, 1969 v/s Moving toward its position in the 1970's requiring schools to be racially indistinguishable, the court held that school faculties could not be s...

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Board of Education of Escambia County, Alabama, 880 F2d 305 (11th Cir 1989), the parents of minor students in a public school brought civil rights claims against a school guidance counselor, the vice-principal and the school board for allegedly coercing a student into having an abortion. ...

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All of the above groups have a unique history in struggling for greater representation. We now examine some of those histories in trying to answer why America's Congress does not look like America's people. ... Women historically fare better, particularly in the Senate where they now hold thirteen seats, the most seats in history. ... Each minority group seeking equal representation has had a history of struggle. ... In March 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to dramatize the voting issue. ...

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The book's purpose is to show how important African Americans were to the Southern economy, and tries to "correct the perversion of the history of blacks - in order to strike down the view that black Americans were without culture, without achievement, and without development for their first two hundred and fifty years on American soil." ... The first chapter of the book discusses the history of the slave trade in the western hemisphere. ... Farmers moved their whole plantation to the New Southern states like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. ...

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While Whites looked back proudly on their achievements in history and culture, Blacks were denied their identity. Their kingdoms and complex societies were ignored in the white man's interpretation of history, there were few publications about their culture and history. ... After they finished their studies, the couple went to Montgomery, Alabama, where Martin became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, which belonged to an educated black middle-class community. ... Like his father he became a "social activist pastor" joining the NAACP and the Alabama Council on Human Relations, an...

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One of the most noted turning points in American History is the Civil Rights Movement. Almost every aspect of this country today, would not be the same if it was not for the African American leaders that stood up in their communities during the mid 1900's and preached words of a United States that w...

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He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. Locke published and reprinted several critical works and books on the history of his people, and made them available to the public. ... This book has been reprinted from The New Negro, Alain Locke (ed.), Boni, (1925) and is available for readers in Jackson State University Library in Alabama. ---. ... The American Negro, His History and Literature; Variation: American Negro, His History and Literature. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

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He established the Associates in Negro Folk Education, an organization created to collect and share and accurate history of African Americans. Locke published and reprinted several critical works and books on the history of his people, and made them available to the public. ... This book has been reprinted from The New Negro, Alain Locke (ed.), Boni, (1925) and is available for readers in Jackson State University Library in Alabama. ---. ... The American Negro, His History and Literature; Variation: American Negro, His History and Literature. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

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Yet we may still find the method useful to our understanding as "the meaning of history is our profound concern. ... The history of the earth, seen even today through the Bible, has been God calling out to mankind. ...

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Nearing the American prohibition era in the rural south, people in big cities needed a way to acquire alcohol. This is how the moonshining business became a booming industry. With all of this illegal liquor being produced, the distillers of this illegal liquor needed a way to move their product from...

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U.S. History Interview Jason Paris 1. What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis on your community or family? " On me it didn't really effect me, I was at Ft. Rucker at the time." No people were really afraid. "The media would make it out to be more than it really was. The military knew...

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As we look at abortion and research its history, should it remain legal in the United States, or should it be outlawed to reduce the ever growing rate of abortion. ... He takes us back in history to the 1800s so we can understand how the practice and legalization of abortion has changed over the year. ... In 1834 legislators there made attempted abortion a misdemeanor without specifying any stage of gestation, and they made the death of either the woman or the fetus after quickening a felony (39,40), Alabama enacted a major code revision during the 1840/1841 session of its legislature that mad...

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As we look at abortion and research its history, should it remain legal in the United States, or should it be outlawed to reduce the ever growing rate of abortion. ... He takes us back in history to the 1800s so we can understand how the practice and legalization of abortion has changed over the year. ... In 1834 legislators there made attempted abortion a misdemeanor without specifying any stage of gestation, and they made the death of either the woman or the fetus after quickening a felony (39,40), Alabama enacted a major code revision during the 1840/1841 session of its legislature that mad...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ...

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As we look at abortion and research its history, should it remain legal in the United States, or should it be outlawed to reduce the ever growing rate of abortion. ... In 1834 legislators there made attempted abortion a misdemeanor without specifying any stage of gestation, and they made the death of either the woman or the fetus after quickening a felony (39,40), Alabama enacted a major code revision during the 1840/1841 session of its legislature that made the abortion of "any pregnant woman" a statuate crime for the first time in that state, but pregnant meant quickened (40). ... The first ...

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Abstract Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the lives of many far beyond when they would have died in the past. Death, in modern times, often ensures a long and painful fall where one loses control both physically and emotionally. Some individuals embrace the time that moder...

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Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the sta...

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Throughout modern history, terrorism has been happening around the world. ... There were incidents in New York (LaGuardia Airport, and World Trade Center), Georgia (1996 Olympics), Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City Federal Building), and in Alabama (New Women Abortion Clinic). ...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ...

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The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. ... We pride ourselves on looking back through our history books and reading about how our forefathers have continuously stood up to the most powerful, unjust, and tyrannical nations so that the world may be able to experience the fore granted notion of freedom. ... This paper will serve as a bridge between the two main arguments in the respective books and compare and contrast the lessons found within their text to the ideology of some of the most affluent civil ...

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Viguerie's first big client was Alabama's segregationist governor and third party presidential candidate George Wallace. ... MCA had a history of anti-trust violations dating back to 1946 when a federal court in Los Angeles ruled against the company for holding a virtual monopoly over the entertainment business. ... During this ugly period in American history author Dan Moldea writes "MCA had remained passive while clients like Arthur Miller were red-baited and blacklisted in the entertainment industry- ( ). ...

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