Mississippi

Introduction/Thesis: Medgar Evers born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur Mississippi was a multifaceted civil rights activist. He advocated for organized boycotts of discriminatory white business, fought for equal, no longer separate, education for black and white children. Broke barriers in his time with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also fought for legal justice for African Americans during that time. Evers is one of the most prominent figures in the pre…

In late August 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused vital destructions in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Of all the cities crashed by this category five hurricane, New Orleans and Louisiana saw the most extensive destruction. An approximate of 20 percent of the society of New Orleans endured in the city when the hurricane made landfall. After when the hurricane strike the town, waves on the Mississippi River were announced up to 40 feet high and…

destructive and deadly category 5 hurricane that cause catastrophic damage along the gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. Much due to the storm surge and levee failure. In addition, severe property damage occurred in coastal areas such as Mississippi beachfront towns where boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and house islands which the water reached 6 to 12 miles from the beach. In Fact , the storm was the third most intense United States land falling typical cyclone…

Depression not only affected the United States of America as a whole, but it also affected Mississippi specifically. The New Deal was a way to get America out of the Depression and it was World War II that ended The Great Depression in Mississippi (Fleeger Lecture). The state went through a lot between the 1920s and the 1940s. The New Deal and World War II significantly altered life in Mississippi, leaving life in Mississippi to be changed forever. On October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed,…

In the article, the author mentions that when a man named Norris F Rabalais was a child, there were no “Navigation Locks” in Mississippi, and this is one of the topics in the article that I have decided to write about. To be precise, the first system of navigation locks that were built in the state of Mississippi were authorized for construction is 1930, and this allowed larger “river vessels” to safely navigate the areas where the locks were, as the new lock would raise the water level through…

For my photoethnography project, I decided to observe local dive bar Frank & Marlee’s in Oxford, Mississippi. Frank and Marlee’s hosts a special every Tuesday called “Taco Tuesday” and offers dollar tacos, as well as eight-dollar margarita pitchers. Many students and residents frequent this tavern to enjoy drinks and food everyday. However even though many people find Frank & Marlee’s accepting and inviting, I discovered many attributes often don’t represent that notion. Todd Lynch and his…

For instance, “Within twenty-four hours, Katrina’s ferocious winds, storm surge, and heavy rains would devastate the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Mississippi, obliterating costal communities and devastating New Orleans. According to the National Weather Service, Katrina, with a minimum central air pressure of 920 mb, was the third most intense hurricane (after the ‘Labor Day’ hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane…

She also refers to the difference between the importance of heritage in Arkansas and Mississippi and that Mississippi has a much stronger sense of heritage than Arkansas. This is interesting because even though Arkansas is as much a part of the south as Mississippi, the two states are vastly different in these ways. This proves that even though two states are part of the same region, they can be extremely different from one…

First of all, the location of New Orleans is a very distinctive state in the United States Of America. New Orleans sits on the southeastern side of Louisiana where the Mississippi River 's mouth leads into. North of New Orleans is Lake Pontchartrain. New Orleans used to hold more than 450,000 people, with an additional 1.3 million located in the metropolitan area(Ouellette 22). The region is responsible for twenty five percent…

William Faulkner Biography William Faulkner was an American author and a Nobel Prize winner. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1987 and died on July 6, 1962 at 64 years old. Faulkner spent most of his life in Mississippi, but he traveled to many different places. “Faulkner’s father, Murry, drank heavily and presided over the family in a tyrannical fashion, imposing silence at the dinner table and unexpectedly skipping town for days at a time. Murry's behavior took its…