Abstract This paper briefly looks at the demographics of the Hispanic population of the United States, before focusing on the Southern states and Alabama, in particular. The paper discusses the migration from Latin American countries, demographic facts, and the distribution of labor in the Hispanic workforce, especially in the agricultural and poultry fields. The paper then discusses the health situation of Alabama's Hispanics, touching on the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the effect of poverty, environmental hazards, and urban crowding on the overall health of the population. The paper examines how community-based projects and social-service providers attempt to solve health and other issues within this community.
From the Paper The Hispanic community is very much susceptible to communicable diseases. As much as 55 per cent of the active cases of TB reported in the US were among the Hispanics/ Latinos or African Americans. The urban poverty, overcrowded living conditions, HIV infections and poor compliance with TB chemotherapy had probably led to this disproportionately high incidence of the disease. (Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Again, the incidence of rubella in the United States has been drastically reduced due to the very successful rubella vaccination programme and there were only 176 cases in 2000. But still, the disease seems to be affecting a very high number of Hispanic adults according to the surveillance data and has increased from19 per cent in 1991 to 78 percent in 2000."
Abstract This paper examines how the movie, "Sweet Home Alabama", showcases examples of many important theories of human communication. It looks at how the movie's plot itself allows for a great deal of miscommunication and misunderstanding ,and it is often these conflicts that allow us to view communication theories. It also discusses how many examples of theories of human communication come in scenes where there is little conflict, such as when the characters are going about their daily business, illustrating that communication occurs in a wide variety of instances. Overall, it shows how "Sweet Home Alabama" provides examples of communication theories as diverse as expectancy theory, constructivism, symbolic interactionism, and the coordinated management of meaning.
From the Paper "Formal theories of communication can provide a great deal of help in understanding moments of miscommunication within the movie. For example, the theory of constructivism is helpful in understanding Melanie's perception of the world. At the core of constructivism is the idea that we construct our understanding of our world from reflecting on our own experiences. Certainly, Melanie's actions and beliefs show constructionism at work within Sweet Home Alabama. As Melanie reflects on her relationship with her ex-husband, she builds her own understanding of the world."
Abstract This paper discusses how many films are targeted at specific audiences because of the topic or plot and analyzes the films, "The Rundown" and "Sweet Home Alabama", for similarities and differences in gender roles, plot, and special effects. It attempts to show that, although both movies contain many attributes that can be enjoyed by both men and women, it is clear that "The Rundown" was aimed at male audiences, and "Sweet Home Alabama" aimed to satisfy a female crowd.
From the Paper "The Rundown, starring The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, and Rosario Dawson was made to attract male audiences. It is an action packed film with numerous fighting scenes, explosions, and tough talk. The Rock's character, Beck, is sort of a hitman that is paid big money to retrieve "debts" that are owed to his boss, and he uses force if necessary. However, at this point, Beck is not satisfied with his life and wants out of the business. His boss gives him one last job of traveling to the Amazon and bringing Travis (Beck's boss? son) back to Los Angles. Travis, played by Seann William Scott, is very reluctant to leave and gives Beck a lot of trouble and back talk. The whole story gets more complicated when we meet Hatcher (Christopher Walken) a detached American who has turned the jungle and its inhabitants into his own money-making gold-mining empire."
Abstract This paper presents a case study on Alabama's use of incentives to attract the automobile industry to the state. It examines the financial incentives offered and Alabama's incentives to Mercedes Benz to locate a production facility in the state. The paper highlights the issue of opportunities versus costs.
From the Paper "Colander has noted that when governments set economic policies they are generally faced with the necessity of making important and consequential trade-offs between competing values potential benefits and drawbacks and ..."
Abstract This paper discusses the funding of schools for public education in the State of Alabama. It begins by discussing the problems plaguing the public schools in Alabama, including incompetent administrators, uninterested students, uninvolved parents and political agendas. It then goes on to enumerate the advantages of allocating more funding for education, both to the students directly and for the State as a whole.
From the Paper "Putting more funding into education also makes sense financially, because better education is linked to positive economic growth. When education works, the better educated person is able to get a higher paying job. Higher paying jobs lead to richer lifestyles, and the families that are had by people with higher education will spend more, putting more back into the economy. The children of well-educated people are more likely to also become well-educated, and likewise have higher incomes. "When the cycle works, families in the lower-class become lower-middle-class, then rise to the middle-middle-class, spending power expands and the economy grows." (Grimm) Without education, this cycle does not happen, and the benefits of economic growth for the individual and the society does not occur. The high rates of poverty throughout Alabama are often the cause of a lack of funding for the schools, however the poor economic state of Alabama is precisely why a larger investment must be made in education. Skeptics argue that education does not directly link to economic growth. "The fact that a good deal of education is needed in a society does not mean that yet more will be better (in growth terms) any more than the need for investment in a society means you can never over-invest." (Wolf)"
Abstract A review of the book Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and Steel by Horace Mann Bond. By understanding the cultural points that lay within the education of blacks in South, we can understand how this author approaches this system with clarity.
Abstract This ten-page undergraduate paper explains the facts and details associated with the Alabama State Constitution of 1901. The 1901 Constitution was more a code of laws than a framework for government, as the Legislature retained near complete control over local affairs, making necessary hundreds of amendments over the succeeding decades. 10 pgs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe and, in particular, examines how it is currently changing to fit the new circumstances of the modern world as it struggles to maintain ties to traditional values and practices in the Big Thicket of East Texas, where the members of this cultural group have lived for a number of years.
Outline
History of the Group
Modern Americans, Not Noble Savages
A History of Misfortune
From the Paper "The Alabama Indians, who came to Tyler County in 1805, were members of the Upper Creek Confederacy of Indians as well as members of the Muskogean Nation. The Coushattas arrived in East Texas at about the same time: They came to East Texas in the years directly after 1795. Both groups were given land to settle by order of the Texas Congress; however, this land (which was relatively good for raising stock and had regular access to water) was illegally claimed and homesteaded by white settlers, Sam Houston intervened to ask the government of Texas to purchase land for the Indians ? who had supported Houston and other Texans in the state's battles for independence."
Abstract This paper explains that everywhere an African-American turned in Alabama there were limitations and restraints upon their freedom. The author points out that some of these constraints were technically legal and others were blatantly illegal. The paper stress that all of these infringements upon the freedom and human dignity of African-Americans were immoral and generated a response that became known as the Civil Rights Movement.
From the Paper "For centuries, African-Americans in Alabama suffered the torments of slavery and were treated as subhuman property by their white masters. Emancipation in 1863 won them a degree of limited freedom, but over the succeeding century they were denied the right to vote, were subjected to racial segregation, and were restrained through coercion and force from seeking equality in employment, education, and housing. (Dubois 4-7) Everywhere an African-American turned in Alabama there were limitations and restraints upon their freedom."
Abstract This paper examines how, from the beginning of the 19th century, many states in the western United States have dealt with each other over arguments on the supply of fresh water. It looks at how, during the 1980s, trouble started pouring out because of droughts that occurred and changed the water situation for the three states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. It analyzes the impact and the consequences of the request by Alabama to to build a new reservoir on the Chattahoochee River, the Flint River, and the Coosa River and how it led to what is now known as as the tri-state water wars.
From the Paper "When the two other neighbors of Atlanta, Alabama and Florida gathered information of this proposal they realized that since they were situated downstream this would turnout to be a problem for them, as it would ultimately mean less water and also bad quality water. It was stated by Alabama, that considering that they were already situated downstream, the water that came to them already consisted of Atlanta's pollutants. Now by reducing the quantity of water, the pollutants would be even less diluted. This was supported by Florida, that if the more water were taken off from Chattahoochee and the Flint River then they have less water flow in to the Florida Apalachicola Bay and this would ultimately affect their oyster industry that contributed to nearly 70 million dollars of their economy."
Abstract This paper explains that existing as a black man in Alabama during World War II, or in fact existing as a black man anywhere in the United States, was to be a man viewed as having little intellectual capacity. The paper then goes on to describe the involvement of black men in the WWII military, noting that, while the black man appeared to make great progress during World War II, these same men were to understand quickly that in reality, nothing had changed. However, for these black men, returning home from the war, it no longer seemed right or natural to 'stay in their place' because they had gained a new and larger perspective of their place. The author concludes that, while the Civil Rights movement did not arise immediately from this WWII experience, it did influence the future.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Terms and Definitions
Introduction
World War II
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Alabama Experience
Jim Crow Laws
Returning from the War
Summary and Conclusion
From the Paper "As already stated it was believed that the black man did not have the intellectual capacity to do things the white man could do and specifically, during the Second World War, it was not believed that the black man could pilot a plane. The struggle of African Americans to gain entry to the Army Air Corps had been ongoing since the use of planes was introduced into warfare during the First World War. In April of 1939, Public Law 18 which called for an expansion of the Air Corps was passed with part of the law containing an authorization to create black training programs in colleges."
Tags: separate, air corp, tuskegee, discriminatory laws, equality
Abstract This paper reports on the Scottsboro lynching of 1930. The case of the Scottsboro Boys was one that showed the tensions between Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, poor and wealthy, Communists and Capitalists. The author argues that in midst of these important issues that surrounded this case, many forget the nine young boys, the real victims of this tragedy, a battle of passions, prejudices and propaganda.
From the Paper "Few cases stirred up as much controversy and high emotions among the American people in the 1930's as the one of the "Scottsboro Boys". The case of the nine black boys accused of raping two white women in Alabama produced many retrials, convictions and reversals that followed for two decades after the first trial. The proceedings of the case embodied many issues existing in the country during this period of the Great Depression. The struggle for justice of the innocent young men heightened the major tensions and illustrated the threat of a social, Communist revolution, unrest along race lines, and divisions and hostility between the North and South, the core themes of the decade."
Abstract This paper is an examination of the Confederate Raider CSS Alabama. There is a short background history of the Confederate Navy. The paper purports to illustrate life aboard the cruiser by describing the ship's mission; the daily activities of the ship's men, including their diets and leisure activities, the ports visited and the naval record.
From the Paper "At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Confederate States of America was virtually without a navy. As the southern states seceded, many of the southern naval officers announced their allegiance to the Rebel cause. Unfortunately, the new Confederate government had no naval vessels for these commanders to take charge of. Some of the states captured ships that belonged to the United States and delivered them to the new Secretary of the Navy, Stephen R. Mallory. There were, in all, fifteen guns outfitted on these ten ships.The Department of the Navy recruited men from the army to serve on the new Confederate vessels. However, there were never a large number of men in the navy."
Tags: captain, civil, confederate, navy, semmes, war
Abstract This paper briefly discusses the turbulent history of this town which is the largest city in the western Black Belt. It explains that on face it looks like a tranquil little town but its history of racial tension and violence disputes these images. This history is discussed and the future plans for over-coming racial tensions are examined.
From the Paper "With a population of 21,000, Selma, Alabama, located 45 minutes west of Montgomery, definitely lives up to its name as the largest city in the western Black Belt. Its population is now mixed with a diverse type of people. Selma has made great strides in overcoming the tension between the races over the years. But Selma was not always a place of fairness among the races. Selma has a history of turmoil and importance in America's history."
Abstract This paper will focus on Cajun cooking, and how this style of culinary art was developed in the state of Alabama. By understanding this exotic forms of spice-based cooking, we can see its many forms in the culinary approaches that are made for it.
