University of Southern Mississippi

According to Stanford University race is a powerful social category forged historically through oppression, slavery and conquest. Throughout the United States history different ethnicities have made the United States their homes. Stanford University states that ethnicities are groups such as Irish, Fijian, or Sioux, etc. that share a common identity based ancestry, language, or culture. Politics is Americas driving force behind America’s strong foundation. Without having a political foundation…

opportunities, personal autonomy, and financial independence. Moreover, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 officially guaranteed all African-American citizens their Fifteenth Amendment right to suffrage, which had been denied to African-American men since the Southern Reconstruction period of the 1870’s and 1880 's, and African-American women since the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. African-Americans were denied suffrage through poll taxes, literacy tests, and racial intimidation by the Ku…

Introduction Drake University is a private, mid-sized, co-educational college located in Des Moines, Iowa. The campus is on a 150-acre property that has 84 buildings, 35 associated parking lots and is interspersed with multiple green spaces and commons. Drake University’s enrollment is increasing yearly and is continuing to incorporate new programs, which has sparked the need for new buildings and renovations. As development occurs, stormwater management has become an increasing concern in…

achieved the desegregation of lunch counters and other public places. The Summer Project or some may know is as the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, was an attempt to register as many African American voters in Mississippi. The was somewhat successful because it leads to many Freedom Schools, Houses, and community centers for the African American’s in small rural towns throughout Mississippi. However, along with some of the success was violence and the Summer Project did not succeed in…

Introduction What are the damages wrought by oil spills? The answer appears painfully simple however it affirms itself through argument less than through visceral photographs: pelicans suffocating in oil, masterpieces of oil laden water, people like surgeons in gloves and masks cleaning the shorelines. We may think that, as suggested by Tatjana Soli (2010) in The Lotus Eaters, “pictures [cannot] be accessories to the story within the frame; the best picture contained a whole war within one…

Southwest Louisiana is characterized by extensive coastal marshland interrupted by numerous forests atop relict beach ridges, or chenier ridges, and natural ridges or levees. The cheniers of southwest Louisiana and the natural ridges of southeast Louisiana are unique geological features that are critical components of the ecology of these areas. They support a diversity of wildlife and, because of their location along important migration pathways, are especially important for Neotropical…

Unites States. Very few people can understand the cost of free services they got. People using food stamps program to purchase unimportant stuff. Funded services always require one to do less in the expectation of other services from the government. Southern states where social services have…

organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). During his tenure at SNCC he participated in sit-ins and the “Freedom Rides- that challenged the segregation of Southern interstate bus terminals. He also headed SNCC`s efforts to register African- Americans voters and organized communities in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer project. After organizing and protesting with SNCC, Lewis moved to Atlanta, Georgia continuing to change and positively impact history. He became an…

Post-Slavery South, the Redemption of Southern States, and the Rise of White Supremacy White supremacy is an ideology that stems from the belief and premise, which advocates and puts white persons at a higher ranking compared to individuals from other racial and ethnical background. According to the ideology, white people are believed to possess superior traits, features, attributes, and characteristics, which gives them the authority to control non-white people in all spheres; economically,…

Because prisons are extremely labor intensive, with approximately 65 to 70 percent of the costs of operating a prison going to staff salaries according to a Global Investment and Business Center report, reducing expenditures associated with operational costs would in turn lead to a more cost effective operation. This is possible as private firms typically use cheaper nonunion labor. The Adler School Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice reveals that the average private prison employee…