people call it home. Florence, Alabama is located at the foot of Muscle Shoals on a hill overlooking the Tennessee River. Life is simply beautiful in Florence, from the beautiful University of North Alabama campus to the historic downtown area to the view of the Tennessee River. Florence is one of the oldest cities in Alabama being established in the early 18th century. But how did this historic city begin and grow into what it is today? The land of Florence, Alabama used to belong to the Chickasaw
one of the top coaches of college football, winning more games than any other coach in history. Paul Bryant, an American college football player and coach, was best known for his time as the longtime head coach at the University of Alabama. Before, Alabama, he coached at the University of Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M. Bryant took an active interest in the players' lives outside of football, but he also was a strict disciplinarian with his players. The legacy of Paul Bear Bryant can still be seen
coal, and limestone and producing iron in north Alabama during the 1800s had a tremendous impact on Alabama’s economy of the time. It provided opportunity for the expansion of the railroad and work. Cities were born around this industrial boom. All of these things encouraged economic growth in Alabama during this time. Alabama: A Documentary History to 1900 states “it is a truism that the Civil War altered the economic life of the south” (Griffith, Alabama: A Documentary History to 1900). Before
States history. This essay will compare three scenes in the movie Forrest Gump to historical events covered in Mr. McKay’s AP U.S history class. In one part of the movie the character of Forrest witnesses the desegregation of the college the University of Alabama (the college in which Forrest attends). As a reporter explains the government of Alabama’s opposition towards desegregation in colleges, Forrest stumbles cluelessly around the protests, wondering why everyone is so upset about some kids wanting
Troops During the Civil War. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. ____________. More Damning than Slaughter: Desertion in the Confederate Army. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Wiley, Bell I. The Life of Johnny Reb. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. Williams, David, Teresa Crisp Williams, and David Carlson. Plain Folk in a Rich Man's War: Class and Dissent in Confederate Georgia. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2002. Williams,
Mercedes-Benz was looking to build their first auto manufacturing plant in the United States in 1993. The company was intent on locating in North Carolina because of their experience with their large truck division plant that was located in that state. The company’s officials did not intend on visiting Alabama and was not considering the state when Governor Jim Folsom, Jr. and other officials signaled their intent to bid on the new plant. This “give-away” was viewed negatively in a state that has
assistant coach at Alabama for four years and Vanderbilt University for another two. He joined the U.S. Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his service time bookended by stints as coach of preflight training school football teams in Georgia and North Carolina. Before his discharge in 1945, Bryant went 6-2-1 in his lone season with the Terrapins. He then enjoyed a successful eight-year run at the University of Kentucky, highlighted by a 1950 season in which the Wildcats ended the University of Oklahoma's
retired from the game he loved. He is remembered for wearing his hounds tooth hat. Bear set the standard very high for every other coach to come through Alabama and some have got close but not there yet. The bear will go down as one of the greatest coaches to every coach the game of football. He has earned that spot in the place hearts of a ton of Alabama fans.
1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, and was the youngest of four children. Growing up in a small town as a tomboy, she tended to be like her female narrator Scout Finch: a
scholarship to the University of Illinois. During his first year, he became displeased with the treatment on the university grounds and on the field. He was told that because he was a black he could not expect to play quarterback. Less than a year later, Jesse decided to finish his college years in the south, then transfer to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in North Carolina. Jackson initially became involved in the Civil Rights movement when he was a student at North Carolina A&T.
-CORE stands for Congress on Racial Equality. -They were the group that formed the Freedom Rides of 1961 -CORE was formed in 1942 as a civil rights organization by students of the University of Chicago. -CORE was based on the ideas of non-violent protest, and civil disobedience. -It was created in the 1940s to act against the Jim Crow Laws. -In the 1950s it organized sit-ins. -In 1961 it was responsible for the Freedom Rides. -Later in the 70s and 80s, it helped with “self-determination” and “equal
being offering incentives and packages towards MNC aggressively since economic growth is the main priority of southern government. Alabama is one south-eastern state of USA, with estimation of 4,833,722 populations in 2013. Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) is the name of Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant, which is located in Tuscaloosa County, Vance, Alabama. The subsidiary was established in 1993. Not only Mercedes-Benz, but also Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, and more than 300 companies invested
Vol. 2, The Western Theater. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-253-36454-X. Further reading Cox, Jacob D. . Dayton, OH: Morningside Bookshop, 1983. . First published 1897 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol. 3, Red River to Appomattox. New York: Random House, 1974. ISBN 0-394-74913-8. McDonough, James L., and Thomas L. Connelly. Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983. ISBN 978-0-87049-396-6
The Native Americans of the southeast live in a variety of environments. The environments range from the southern Appalachian Mountains, to the Mississippi River valley, to the Louisiana and Alabama swamps, and the Florida wetlands. These environments were bountiful with various species of plant and animal life, enabling the Native American peoples to flourish. “Most of the Native Americans adopted large-scale agriculture after 900 A.D, and some also developed large towns and highly centralized social
during the movement was the fight to gain equality in voting rights for the black. The cause and effect to the civil rights movement were initiated by the African American teen visiting relatives in Mississippi from Chicago, the intensity in Selma, Alabama, Rosa Park refusal; integrate Little Rock central high school and James Meredith. The awakenings of 1954 to 1956 lead to several events happen in the black community. In August 28, 1955, the awakening resulted as the murder of the 14-yea-old Emmett
desperate need of reconstruction. Northern government officials were now suffocating in the difficult tasks they would have to perform to achieve their goal. As the African Americans were finally gaining freedom as well as other laws, the South and the North remained racist, whereas only the South acted upon their feelings with violence. Reconstruction was important because it was going to help the South get back on their feet. The South is the main reason for the end of reconstruction because of their
An excellent business woman or man leads with their head held high with little to no worries. Business Administration has pushed me into the direction of becoming a strong leader. Growing up I did not have many resources to navigate me in the right direction. I was born in Harbor City, California and raised in the city of Compton. Opportunities and roll models were not completely there for me which caused me to not have much to lean or rely (CSULB). I am the first in my family to even reach the point
interesting life with a lot of ups and downs, no one said that being a writer was easy. She was born Jan.7,1891 Notasulga, Alabama. died Jan.28 1960 (age 69) Fort Pierce,Florida. Zora was fifth of eight children by John Hurston and Lucy Ann Hurston. Her father was a Baptist, preacher, tenant farmer, and carpenter. Her mother was a school teacher. She traveled a lot and lived in Notasulga,Alabama. Eatonville, Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Eau Galile,Florida. Westfield, New Jersey. Daytona, Florida.
defined transformational leadership as a process where "leaders and their followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation."(MindTools Editorial Team). Nick Saban has done this by what many call “The Process” at The University of Alabama. The process is a revolutionary approach that Coach Saban designed himself. But what exactly is the process Coach Saban established? Where did it originate from? To find out, one would need to travel to the mountainous countryside of rural
nation-wide call by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., religious and civic leaders gathered at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama, on March 15, 1965, to memorialize two recently fallen heroes of the civil rights movement. The first was twenty-six-year-old African American Jimmie Lee Jackson, an ordained deacon of St. James Baptist Church in Marion, Alabama. He was shot twice in the stomach in late February and died shortly thereafter from those wounds. The second was thirty-eight-year-old