9:30 class Alabama dismisses arrested freshmen In Tuscaloosa‚ Alabama‚ The University of Alabama dismissed four freshmen football players. The players that were charged with either second-degree robbery or credit card fraud were defensive back Eddie Williams‚ 20‚ and linebackers Tyler Hayes and D.J. Pettway‚ both 18. They were shown the door after being charged with second-degree robbery for their involvement in the separate robberies students on the University of Alabama campus‚ Feb
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Intro Background story: On March 25‚ 1931‚ seven young white men entered a railroad stationmaster’s office in northern Alabama. They claimed that while they were riding the rails‚ a "bunch of Negroes" picked a fight with them and threw them off the train. The stationmaster phoned ahead to the next station‚ near Scottsboro‚ Alabama. A Scottsboro deputy sheriff made deputies of every man in town with a gun. When the train stopped‚ the posse (group of people legally authorized keep the peace) rounded
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September 30‚1993 in Leesville‚ Louisiana. My parents name me Tunisia Cierra Wilson as a little kid I always like to go different places and see new things. My mother was in the army so I got to do a lot of site seeing when I was young. I have family in Alabama on my mother and daddy side. As I got older my mother had to get out the army because she got hurt doing some type of task and they put her on the disable list for a long time. While my mother was put on the disable list in the army she was also pregant
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Alabama Moon Notes Main Character: Moon Blake Supporting Characters: Kit Slip‚ Hal Mitchell‚ Constable Sanders‚ Mr. Wellington‚ Mr. Mitchell‚ Mr. Abroscotto‚ Pap(Oliver Blake) Plot: Moon Blake grows up in the forest with his father because of his father ’s hatred for the government. But‚ when his father passes away suddenly‚ Moon is quickly thrown into a world he knows nothing about. On his way to Alaska‚ he is taken as a ward of the state and put into Pinson‚ a boys ’ home. He escapes with
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Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all
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Hooked On Alabama Catfish Georgia is known for peaches‚ Kentucky is known for horses‚ Florida is known for oranges. But what is Alabama known for? Let me give you a hint: It is 2nd in the nation behind Mississippi‚ it employs 9‚374 people‚ and we are known for having the world’s largest processing plant in this. Some of you have probably already figured out what it is‚ but if you haven’t‚ it is Catfish Farming. Today I am here to discuss the importance of the catfish industry to the state
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The Rebekah Mason scandal has rocked the state of Alabama and Governor Robert Bentley (R-Al) has gone from limping to crawling just two years into his second term. After revelations that the governor apparently lied about having a physical affair with Mrs. Mason‚ many of his colleagues are now calling for him to resign. Ad Injection:random But — right‚ wrong‚ or indifferent — Governor Bentley is probably not going anywhere. Generally speaking‚ there are three ways to remove a public official from
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GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRE-AP SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2013 9TH GRADE Mrs. Nelson: nelson@greenvilleisd.com; Cell- 903-269-0603 English I Pre-AP Summer Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) Available at Hastings‚ Barnes and Noble‚ or on Amazon.com [pic] [pic] Assignment: While you read To Kill a Mockingbird‚ note and annotate passages that you think are significant. Mark that book! 1. The goal is to note your thoughts about selected quotes as you read
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opened in Alabama Booker became the teacher. By 1900‚ Booker T. Washington had become the voice of blacks that wanted an education. He believed blacks and whites could be equal if everyone went to school. When the slaves were freed in 1856‚ Booker’s family moved to Virginia. He worked in a salt mine until he saved enough money to travel from one side of Virginia to the other to go to school. After he finished school‚ he became a teacher until 1881 when a principal position opened in Alabama. Booker
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quite as close to home as the Civil War. Brothers fought against brothers‚ and families were torn apart. Living in the United States during this time was rough‚ but living in the south was even harder. Tuscaloosa‚ being so close to the University of Alabama‚ played a significant role in the Civil War; it is important to understand Tuscaloosa’s involvement in the Civil War. The University of Alabama’s campus holds a significant piece of history from the Civil War‚ along with its military school history
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