University of Alabama

Going to college has always been a dream of mine. I grew up with the notion that going to college would equal success and that is what I aspired to be, successful Not very many people in the community I grew up in even gives college a thought so when I go accepted to The University of Alabama I knew I would continue onto my next journey but that did not come without major obstacles I came to the university knowing that I would excel in my studies and be the best that I can be but that was not the case. For the first couple of semester were very tough with the past events that were going on in my life. My very old and strong willed grandparents are my guardians since my mother had lost her fight to drug addiction. My grandparents always kept a up beat sense of humor and always reassured me that everything was OK but as the years go by I could tell that aging was getting the best of them. My first year of college was a series of hospital visits for my grand father. He was having constant dizzy spells and would just often lay down because he attributed to his dizziness with his diabetes and high blood pressure. Each time the dizzy spells would get worse and worse until he eventually had a stroke due to his…

Vocabulary Antiaircraft: A ground defence mechanism designed to attack aircraft through missile or gun shots. Sentence: Henry ground his teeth. That meant about a thousand miles round-trip under attack by enemy fighter planes and antiaircraft on the ground. (Page 6) Nissen hut: A half cylindrical shaped building made from corrugated steel which was originally designed by Major Peter Norman Nissen during World War I. Its main purpose was to house military men and it was heavily used during World…

First, Paula Byers stated that Nelle Harper Lee is a famous author, born on April 28, 1926, in Monroe, Alabama (220). Lee’s birth parents are Amasa Coleman and Frances Lee (Byers 220). She based Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird’s main character off of her Father (Byers 220). She also happens to be a relative of the famous General Robert E. Lee (Byers 220). Lee was an attendant of Huntingdon College, an all women’s private school located in Montgomery, Alabama (Byers 220). She attended this…

Introduction One of the largest industries located in Dothan, Alabama today is peanut farming. Known as the “Peanut Capital of the World”, an astonishing half of the peanuts in the United States of America were produced within a 100-mile radius of Dothan Alabama (Alabama Farmers Federation). Dothan is also home to the Alabama Peanut Producers Association an organization that is interested in promotion, research and educational activities dedicated to enhancing the peanut industry (Thompson,…

Just hours before sunrise on February 13, 2013, members of the Tuscaloosa Police Department in conjunction with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force quietly assembled on the campus of the University of Alabama. Around 3:00am doors were being simultaneously knocked down across campus by officers wearing tactical vests and toting military style assault rifles. According to Connor Sheets of al.com, 61 students were taken into custody on drug charges that cold February night. With a few exceptions,…

When thinking of successful people you automatically think about how hard people have worked to be successful. In the Outliers book "Malcolm Gladwell" argues that we should look at the world that surrounds successful people. For instance their culture, family, experiences, and their upbringing. Gladwell has made an interesting argument about how people become successful. In this paper, I will be talking about how Bradley Byrne, US Representative for Alabama became successful using some…

Condoleezza Rice was the first African American woman to become Secretary of State. She is also a renowned political science professor at Stanford University and a concert pianist. With hard work, dedication, confidence, and support, she became one of the most successful politicians America has ever seen. Condoleezza Rice’s success story is interesting because various aspects of her life prove many of Malcolm Gladwell’s theories, including the Matthew Effect, The 10,000 hour rule, timing,…

From King’s famous I Have A Dream speech he will always be remembered as a hero and a symbol for anti-segregation. He is well known for his non-violent actions against segregation. King served in the Birmingham Bus Boycott as leader fighting for his and every other African American right to sit where they please on a bus. From the bus boycott being successful his name grew bigger and became more famous in the Civil Rights Movement. In Albany, Georgia King started a series of non-violent…

Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, and her parents were Frances Lee and Amasa Coleman (Byers 220).Writing was interesting to Harper Lee when she was just seven years old (Mancini 10). Lee became so interested in writing that she started developing stories of her own (O’Neill 16). She was the youngest of out all four children (13). Nelle was related to Robert E. Lee who was the civil war commander in the Confederate Army (Byers 220). “A neighbor of the family, Marie Rudisill,…

amazing Jo Ann Robinson was an incredibly important figure and role-model throughout her life, specifically before and during her involvement with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Jo Ann Robinson was born on April 17th, 1912 to a family of 11 siblings who all worked on a farm in Culloden, Georgia. After her father’s death at age 6, the family moved to Macon where Robinson became a valedictorian in her high school class, going on to get a bachelor’s degree from Fort Valley State College in 1934…