As the wheat is harvested, and the long summer days only get hotter, it is the time for the annual Shelby County Fair. The Fair offers one week of fun, competition, and enjoyment for kids as well as adults from surrounding communities. Even though the days are extremely hot, the boys and girls continue to wear jeans. Jeans and boots is a very popular clothing attire in Shelby County, and you will find your share of it at the fair. There is a vast variety of different competitions and entry openings at the fair. Shows consists of cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, goats, and hams. Now the ham is done by almost all kids in either the FFA, or 4-H organizations. It is viewed as a very easy way to make a large sum of money by only doing minor work
two times a year. The hams are normally not wanted by people to eat, but bought by businesses and politicians for public advertisement. The hams however, do not get showed like the livestock does. The cattle show in particular grows the largest crowd out of every event at the Shelby County Fair. As a spectator of the cattle show one particular year, I noticed something was very different about the style of cattle that were being showed that particular year. There was the ordinary class of the farm cattle that were pulled out of the pasture on the family farm to be shown, and there was a class of some very fine cattle. This group of cattle were some of the finest steers I had seen. It was very clear that these people spend big money on their cattle, unlike the average families locally. Once the local farm kids seen the competition, they began to realize that they didn’t stand a chance against these prime steers. As the day of the cattle show dragged on, the local kids worked diligently with their cattle as they always did regardless of the amazing competition that they faced. Many were discouraged, but soon realized they were here only to have fun, and to keep the county tradition alive. Winning was only a bonus, and it was looking very blurry to the kids this particular year. As show time came near, the public started to fill into the fairgrounds. People from all around were enjoying the carnival rides, cotton candy, and the always delicious buttermilk funnel cakes. The public all settled around the show arena, as 5:00 p.m rolled around for the show. This is a time of much more than just kids walking livestock around the arena, but a time of reflection and enjoyment of all the hard work and commitment over the past year. The judges are carefully selected from other areas to ensure unbiased and accurate cattle judging during the show. This prevents people from the county, having a greater advantage over the others. As the local kids walked their farm raised cattle around the arena, they kept all eyes on the judge. This is what made these kids stand out from the kids with very high class steers. The judge looked at all of the cattle for about three minutes before he had his decision. He slowly walked over to one of the expensive steers being shown at the fair, and announced it as coming in at dead last. The crowd was astonished and could not believe this decision. This particular placing was followed by the rest of the very high priced steers placing towards the bottom of the ranking, and the local farm grown steers coming in the top spots. This proved to all the people from Shelby County and surrounding areas, that winning cattle shows is done by hard work and commitment, rather than buying overpriced cattle. Small town farm life styles showed these kids what it took to be the best and what being the best really meant in Shelby County.
This case study is a situation from Case Studies on Educational Administration (Kowalski, 2011). The background information is listed below.
Imagine waking up to beautiful freshwater streams and wildlife foraging through the mountainside. This is what citizens of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee get to wake up to ever day. Pigeon Forge is a small town near the border of South Carolina. It sits along the edge of the Cherokee National Forest and on the west side of Little Pigeon River. It is not only located in a beautiful area, but also a thriving area economically speaking. Overall, Pigeon Forge is a family friendly place where people can not only live in a beautiful city, but also exciting environment.
Southern Ohio Fair Association. Annual Southern Ohio Fair at Dayton, Ohio. Dayton: United Brethen Publishing House, 1878. Print.
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 was of the most devastating riots in the history of the United States. Was the reaction of an envious white mob to the extremely wealthiest “Black Wall Street”. How was it that one scream that was heard by almost no one was able to create an angry mob of thousands of people? The setting of the Tulsa race Riot history, impact on law enforcement and the nation made a huge impact on us today.
Coca-Cola was first bottled in Vicksburg, Mississippi. In addition, the first heart transplant took place in Jackson, Mississippi (Skates, Jr. and Wales). The same doctor also performed the first human lung transplant. Many events in the past have shaped Mississippi to what it is today. Based on the founding, historic events, and the famous people who were born in or live in Mississippi, one can conclude that Mississippi has a very interesting history.
Imagine walking down a United States’ city street during the 1930s and 1940s. As you passed shops, businesses, and restaurants, you would probably see two things: advertisements for the war and signs saying white or black people only. The Jim Crow laws and World War II are both significant part of United States history. Even though this was a pretty controversial time in history, the events that took place helped mold the United States into what it is today.
In 1931, on a freight train bound for Memphis, around twenty-five young men, both black and white, were hoboing, looking for work. The whites began to act spitefully at the blacks, picking up rocks to throw at them, stepping on their hands, and calling them names. The blacks, wanting to keep their pride, came back at them. In the brawl that followed, all but one of the whites were thrown off the train. These whites, sore about being beaten, ran back to the nearest rail station, who phoned ahead to the next station, in Paint Rock, Alabama. A mob of whites were waiting there, armed to the teeth. They took everyone off the train and rounded them up. Nine of them were blacks. These men: Roy and Andy Wright, Eugene Williams, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Willie Roberson, Charlie Weems, Clarence Norris, and Ozie Powell were brought to the Scottsboro jail, and charged with the rape of two young white women, also hoboing, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates (Patterson 13-17). They were tried for rape, convicted, retried, convicted again, retried again, and convicted a third time (Patterson 9). These trials and retrials of these nine young men, who became know as the “Scottsboro Boys,” were not fair.
The local product exchange included food items such as butter, preserved food, honey, wine, whisky, and fruit, as well as cloth and clothing. Some farmers took place in labor exchanges. During the idle winter months, farmers could sell there workers to mills, other farmers, or the state or county for roadwork.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is identified as one of the bloodiest and least discussed massacres in United States history. Tulsa was the first US city attacked by air when the white majority turned on the black minority. In a bold move to embrace a shared, painful history and promote honest dialogue, a delegation consisting of 10 Tulsans told their different perspectives and understanding of the city's past. Included in the delegation was a past elected city official, librarian, educator and historians. Descendants of the massacre referenced today's value with relation to the economic loss their families suffered. Educator, Dr. Anthony Marshall, drew the striking diagram of what the city would look like today had the victimized half of the community thrived financially
What makes the topic about confederate flags so controversial? There are two sides to this topic. On one side we have people saying that it should be placed where the public can look at it. On the opposing side we have people that want to get rid of it. Does removing the flag violate our first amendment of free speech? The first editorial called, Symbolism of Confederate Flag Is Undeniable it is for the flag staying up in public places. The second editorial called, Take Down the Confederate Flag, Symbol of Hatred, this is editorial is for taking the confederate flags down permanently.
Equality: the monumental segment fought over for centuries, faced one of its biggest challenges in 1965. Selma to Montgomery, the march that shook a nation, is considered one of the most influential timestamps of fairness. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 attempted to combat the controversy of equality by forbidding segregation in public places, as well as prohibiting discrimination based off sex, color, race, origin and religion. This, however, was only the inauguration of a collection of moments aimed at shaping the future. In November of 1964, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his administrative group, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, also known as SCLC, developed a campaign aimed towards allowing African Americans the right to partake in voting.
Jim Crow Laws are laws that promote separation between black and white races. This separation caused the Jim Crow laws and it’s practices to deprive American citizens of their civil rights based on the significant difference in treatment between the two races and the laws built on separating said two races. Examples of the Jim Crow laws include separate waiting rooms, separate water fountains, separate bathrooms, etc. The Jim Crow laws also deal with educational rights, social freedoms, and voting rights, mainly (when it comes to treatment with the two races) treating black people like dirt, depriving them of their civil rights while white people get treated like how any normal human being should be treated.
On December 5, 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Boynton versus Virginia. The case overturned a law-court conviction of a black law student, Bruce Boynton, for trespassing in the “whites-only” section of a bus terminal restaurant. The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public transportation was illegal because such segregation violated the Interstate Commerce Act. However, the U.S. Government did not actively enforce the ruling and many bus terminals continued to segregate the races. To challenge this, the Interracial Civil Rights Organization known as, C.O.R.E.(The Congregation of Racial Equality), decided to draw attention
Washington our nation’s capital, became the home of the Washington’s Puyallup state fair, in June 1900, when a group of local businessmen, farmers and residents joined together to discuss the idea of a fair in the Puyallup Valley area. 1According to the fair.com/about-us/history/, a board of directors were formed as the governing body of the "Valley Fair", decided the purpose of the Valley Fair Association was to advance the interests of agricultural, horticultural, dairying, stock raising, mining, and manufacturing industries of the Puyallup Valley. 2 Selling shares of stock provided the capital to begin the, Puyallup Fair, it was located on a vacant lot; the dates of the first Fair were October 4-6, 1900. 3 At the time, admission to the first annual "Valley Fair" was $1 per family for all three days. Today admission prices are $12.50 for adults; $9.00 for anyone 62+, for ages 6-18 and it is free for children 5 years or younger.4 Surrounding the fair, was a 10-foot fence which acted as the first main gate. Sheds were built to house exhibits etc. with the left-over wood from building the fence.5 Inside the fair a tent was raised to protect produce, "ladies work," and livestock, horses as well as cows were tethered to a nearby fence.5 At the Fair, the most popular entertainment was horse racing, therefore the fair was built around a race track which was used from 1901-1977. 6 Parking lots were established in 1902, with the invention of the automobile, and people were travelling from all over to come to the Fair.7 At the time parking a buggy or automobile cost only 25 cent, today official fair parking s is $10 on weekdays and $12 on weekends.8 Also today during the Puyallup Fair a number of locals also provide private parking areas...
Jeans is not just apparel, but has become a must-have item. Today, a lot of denim-based products are not just apparel, but also other things such as handbags, carpet, and even a sofa. (elaborate more).