University of Alabama

A Dream Still Remembered Per the Howard Gottieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. On the 15 January 1929 Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta Georgia. He entered Morehouse College at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1948. In 1954 he accepted a job at the Dexter Avenue Baptist church in Montgomery Alabama, during his sermons he would often encourage his congregation to get involved in community and social matters, speaking about the importance in voting. In 1955 Martin Luther…

Ethical Reflections of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study In 1932, a long-term research project started in Macon, Alabama. The influence of the United States Public Health Service (PHS) mislead the Black residents of Tuskegee by offering treatments for Syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease). Without the public’s knowledge or discussion, U.S Public Health Service observed six hundred African-American men in order to understand the natural progression of untreated syphilis. Despite the development of…

February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, to the parents of James and Leona McCauley. At the age of 2 her parents moved in with her grandparents. Two years later her mother gave birth to her brother Sylvester and shortly after that her parents separated. Her mother was an educator (a Teacher). Her Family had a great respect for education. Later on around the age of 11, Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, She attended High School there, a laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers’ College for…

type-2 diabetes. Participant Observation: Educational studies diabetes at Arizona State University Experimental Research: Collecting, testing blood samples to identify diabetes, diabetic traits in the Havasupai Tribe. Genetic testing to identify certain…

and get a regular job barely making ends meet. We did not have very much money to send me to college, so I decided to join the military.” Shortly after graduating high school he went to the recruiter’s office in town to sign up, then to Montgomery, Alabama to follow up. Kenneth got a brief basic training in Montgomery, but within two months he was sent to fort hood in Texas. He said that it was a big shock to him, everything was new, and it was like being reborn into a new world. He talked about…

beliefs. He found that the capitalist drive ensures that man “to be more concerned about making a living than making a life” (Autobiography 21). The defining point of King’s ideological discoveries came from a speech given by the President of Howard University, Moredcai Johnson. Johnson spoke of Mahatma Ghandi and his belief in “Satyagraha” or “love force” (Autobiography 23). King’s previous mindset of love and religion dictated that love could only be felt between individuals and their…

Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is an excellent example of an effective argument; it was written in response to an editorial addressing the issue of Negro demonstrations and segregation in Alabama at the time.…

Ethel Provo was born and raised in Ramer, Alabama, a small town outside of Montgomery Alabama. Ethel wasn’t born in a hospital; she was born at home by a midwife. The midwife was a close friend of the family, and delivered most of the babies in the area at that time. Back when Ethel was growing up Ramer was a small town where everyone knew everyone. People didn’t bother locking doors back then, because they felt safe and trusted their neighbors. She said there wasn’t much to steal, because…

Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” traces the story of Arthur Radley’s subtle change from the beginning of the book to the end. He goes from being viewed as a horrible monster who comes out at night, to finally being understood as a recluse who encases himself to escape the ever present racism and hostility in MayComb. As the story commences Arthur is akin to a caterpillar undergoing metamorphosis, even though he does not really change much, yet he is viewed and perceived as something-or…

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and The Black Eyed Peas’ song “Where is the Love” both tackle the problem of racism and overall intolerance of others. Lee’s novel takes place in the 1930s and focuses on the Finch family as the father, Atticus, takes on a case where he is defending a black man from the accusation of a white man and women. On the other hand, “Where is the Love” addresses discrimination as a whole and seems to question your empathy for other people. When placed side by…