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Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to demonstrate the power of narrative in cultural and political change. "The Political Use of Racial Narratives" describes the public, personal, and meta-narratives of racial inequality that have competed for dominance in Mobile. Pride begins with a white liberal's quest to desegregate the city's public schools in 1955, and traces which narratives - those of biological inferiority, white oppression, the behavior and values of blacks, and others - came to influence public policy and opinion over four decades. Drawing on contemporaneous sources, he reconstructs the stories of demonstrations, civic forums, court cases, and school board meetings as citizens of Mobile would have experienced them.This process invites readers to trace the story of desegregation in Mobile through the voices of politicians, protestors, and journalists and to determine which narratives were indeed most powerful.Exploring who benefits and who pays when different narratives are accepted as true, Pride offers a step-by-step account of how the culture of Mobile changed each time a new and more forceful narrative was used to justify racial inequality. More than a retelling of Mobile's story of desegregation, "The Political Use of Racial Narratives" promotes the value of rhetorical and narrative analysis in the social sciences and history. ... Read more

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Chapters: Douglas, Alabama, Guntersville, Alabama, Arab, Alabama, Union Grove, Alabama, Sardis City, Alabama, Albertville, Alabama, Boaz, Alabama, Grant, Alabama, Alabama's 4th Congressional District, Guntersville Dam, Cathedral Caverns State Park, Wjia, Wtwx-Fm, Wgsv, Asbury, Alabama, Arab City Schools, Albertville Regional Airport, Wrab, Guntersville Lake, Gunters Mountain, Paint Rock River, Georgia Mountain, Wavu, Guntersville Municipal Airport, Albertville Micropolitan Area, Horton, Alabama, Albertville City Schools, Pinedale Shores, Marshall County, Alabama. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 86. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alabama's Fourth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Franklin, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Marshall, Etowah, and DeKalb. It also includes parts of Morgan and Pickens counties, as well as parts of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It is currently represented by Republican Robert Aderholt. Alabama's 4th Congressional District is a collection of smaller towns, mid-major, and major cities north of Birmingham, the largest being Decatur and Gadsden. Other cities in the district include Cullman, Jasper, Russellville, Ft. Payne, and Albertville. Stretching right across the state and crossing the Appalachian ranges, this district covers lightly populated rural areas. The district has the lowest percentage of African American population in the state. Only the southeastern portions of Decatur, the areas of Point Mallard, Burningtree Mountain, and Flint are within the 4th Conrgressional District. This area of northern Alabama faces the same economic...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4113849 ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Provides an overview of the state of Alabama, covering its history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture. ... Read more

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Publisher: Montgomery, Ala., Brown printing company, state printers and bindersPublication date: 1915Subjects: Teachers' institutesNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Highlights some of the important personalities and key moments in football played at the University of Alabama. ... Read more

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This is a wonderful keepsake for my family as Mike and Phoebe are our direct descendents.In addition this book should be explored and discussed in African American studies classes. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Education, published by Project Innovation (Alabama) on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 3266 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: INCLUSION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INSERVlCE GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS' ATTITUDES AND CONCERNS.
Author: Rebecca Finley Snyder
Publication: Education (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: Project Innovation (Alabama)
Volume: 120Issue: 1Page: 173

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This digital document is an article from Education, published by Project Innovation (Alabama) on December 22, 1996. The length of the article is 5429 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Preparation for role changes in general education and special education: dual certification graduates' perspectives.
Author: Georgia M. Kerns
Publication: Education (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1996
Publisher: Project Innovation (Alabama)
Volume: v117Issue: n2Page: p306(10)

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