Mississippi

Federalism and Hurricane Katrina: Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest National disasters we have see in twenty years was an ordeal that exposed some of the problems with our federal system of response to national disasters. The idea of federalism in the United States is that the power is shared and divided into many different branches and governments. This system provides democracy and makes a totalitarian takeover almost impossible. However, this system also so has downfalls, the system of…

A LETTER TO WEIR, MISSISSIPPI You all have been fighting a good fight during the economic decline of your city. Continue the work that you are called to do. The election of Danny McNutt for the Mayor of Weir, is the beginning of new things that are being prepared for you. You must forget those things in the past and begin to press on to your higher calling. Your latter days will be much greater than your past. But these are the thing I have to say to you, since you have elected him to be your…

The author shows that Phoenix Jackson is both a Martyr and Warrior for what she does and goes through. Phoenix Jackson’s grandson was in need of a medicine after swallowing lye, the medicine could only be found in a Medical Clinic in Natchez,Mississippi. They lived in…

Mississippi Burning presents the events that took place in the summer of 1964 in Mississippi, Philadelphia, when three civil rights workers were brutally beaten and shot to death. The film covers the investigation led by the FBI preceding the event conveying the struggle for African- American civil rights and what it had to take to receive justice. There is a high level of accuracy in the film, but like all Hollywood movies the film does have several dramatic additions or changes to capture and…

not only define Oprah’s childhood but also contribute to her impact on society. Vernita Lee conceived Oprah on January 29, 1954 while her Oprah’s father, Vernon Winfrey, served in the army. Oprah and her mother resided at a small farm located in Mississippi owned by Hattie May, Oprah’s grandmother (Nelson, 1896). Since Lee desired to improve her quality of life, she relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to find work, abandoning her daughter at Hattie’s Mays farm. Although Hattie May faced the…

Oprah Winfrey is the richest African-American of the 21st century. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi in 1958, on the 29th of January. She is well-known as the most successful American television producer, host and philanthropist and is among the most influential women in the world. Winfrey is a successful African American business woman. Being the chairman and CEO of her own television network OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). With a net worth of $3 billion, she is one of just two black…

Tennessee Williams won a Pulitzer Prize with two works, those works were a streetcar named desire and Cat in a Hot Tin Roof. Tennessee Williams was born in the year 1911, in Mississippi. His name was Thomas Lanier Williams when he was born, He later changed his name after moving to New Orleans at age 28. Williams’s childhood was hard because although he was a happy boy, his life changed after his family moved to St. Louis Missouri. As a result of the urban life he now had, Williams turned…

A member of the KKK was wrongly proven innocent of murder! In the United States vs Cecil Price et al case A.K.A. the “Mississippi Burning” case, members of the Ku Klux Klan are accused for the murder of three Civil Rights activists. However, one member, who had enough evidence to be proven guilty, was never found with a verdict. His name is Edgar Ray Killen. He was definitely involved in the shooting, however, the court ruled in his favor for biased reasons. On June 21, 1964, civil rights…

including 40,000 square feet of hangar space was wiped out. Members of the engineering firm that designed the terminal recall the scene resembling a war zone. Estimated damage cost was around $50 million dollars, after the devastation Long Beach, Mississippi, the storm surge has been so massive it waashed some apartments completely away. After the damage in Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan stated it was complete devastation, people are still trapped in there attic and on their roofs lots of…

businesses, flooded the whole city of New Orleans, caused wild production to go down dramatically, and threw around lots of debris that would take a lot of time and money to clean up. This storm affected 93,000 square miles all across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama (FOX Facts). This category five storm cause $108 billion dollars.…