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needs (fill in only once)
1. Thesis statement: This paper will describe the state of poverty that
exists in Black Belt and will provide a proposal for the study of this problem
as well as possible programs that could improve the economic status of Black
Belt residents.
2. What I hope to accomplish: I want to find research to support my theory that
poverty-stricken inhabitants of the Black Belt would benefit most from
community-based programs to increase job skills training and increased lobbying
by local government officials to bring job opportunities to the afflicted
counties. I would like to find sources—both current and historical—that examine
the Black Belt economic situation. I would also like to find statistics on the
success of community-based jobs skills training as well as the success of incentives
to industry programs.
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Access the information (fill in
for each resource you use)
Date:
Terms: black belt, poverty, economics,
south,
Resource Used: Samford Libraries Catalog
Searches used (# of
results):
1. black
belt (78)
Possibles Sources:
CALL NO
JS451 A25 B6
AUTHOR Bosworth, Karl A. (Karl Andrew), 1909-1970. MAIN TITLE Black belt county; rural government in
the cotton country of
LOCATION STATUS
UNITS CALL NO
1.
2.
Problems:
Not exactly on my topic. I’ll have to check the index to see
if they mention poverty or economic development.
2. industry and south (71)
Possible
Sources:
None
Problem:
Too broad
2. poverty and southern states (12)
Possible
Sources:
CALL NO HC107 A13 D58 1986
MAIN TITLE Dimensions of poverty in the rural
South / Jogindar S. Dhillon
& Marguerite R. Howie, editors. PUBLISHER
LOCATION STATUS UNITS
CALL NO
1.
CALL NO Y 4 W 36:99-94
AUTHOR
MAIN TITLE Poverty in the South and Southern
States' programs designed to break the cycle of poverty : hearing before the
Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment PUBLISHER
LOCATION STATUS UNITS
CALL NO
1.
Problem:
These two will be good background on the problem, but they
are both kind of old.
Reflection: The catalog
had a few things that look promising, but I still feel like there should be
more. I think I might just go browse the shelves in HC area to see if any books
stand out that might be good for this topic. HC was the beginning of a lot of
the call numbers that I saw that were close to my topic.
Date:
Terms: black belt, poverty, economics,
south,
Resource Used: Database – InfoTrac
Onefile
Searches used (# of
results):
1. “black belt” and poverty (5)
Possible
Sources:
Creating economic
opportunity in the Black Belt: our continuing challenges in the New South. (speech by Bank of America Chmn.
and CEO Hugh L. McColl Jr.)(Transcript)
Vital Speeches
The cost of
being black in the Black Belt. (earnings of
Afro-Americans in the
Social Problems August 1992 v39 n3 p299(15)
Correlates of poverty: an analysis of
demographic, structural, and individual factors related to poverty in the
black-belt counties of
The Review of Black Political Economy Winter 1984 v13 p61(20)
Problems:
Two of these articles are kind of old.
2. “black belt” and (industry or education or jobs) (41)
Possible
Sources:
Economic development in southern black
belt counties: how does it measure up? (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural
The Review of Black Political Economy Spring 1994 v22 n4 p85(24) (5885 words)
Report on schools in 'black belt' finds
little progress. Reginald Stuart.
The New York Times
Problems:
The new york times article may be too old to be useful. A
lot of the articles had to do with karate.
3. “southern states” and (industry or
education or jobs) (1954)
Problems:
Too broad.
4. “southern states” and education(171)
Possible Sources:
Report sees lack of progress by Southern
states in educating black students. Douglass Lederman.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Black gains found meager in the old
segregated states. (Education Pages) Ethan Bronner.
The New York Times
Problems:
None
Reflection: I was pretty
happy with OneFile. Many of my articles were full
text which made things easier. Now I just have to go find the other ones and
see if they are any good.
Date:
Resource Used: Samford Crimson/Internet
Possible Sources & Reflection:
I was reading the Samford Crimson today and I saw an article
about Sowing Seeds of Hope and the work they do in
Date:
Terms: black belt, poverty, economics,
south,
Resource Used: Librarian/Internet
Searches used (# of results):
I went and asked
the librarian to help me find information on what the government is doing, if
anything, to study and improve the situation in the Southern Black Belt. She
showed me a website called FirstGov
(http://www.firstgov.gov”) We searched:
Possibles:
Senator Zell Miller (GA) (http://miller.senate.gov/blackbelt/index.html)
Rural
Reflection: It turns out
the Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia proposed a study of
the Southern Black Belt in August of 2001 and it got a lot of press. He wanted
to model something after the “Appalachian Regional Commission” which I had never heard of,
but it sounds like it has the same kind of programs that I recommend. I think
I’m going to try and find some information about the programs of the
Appalachian Regional Commission. Miller’s website also had links to newspaper
articles about his plan. I also found Rural America which is a publication of
the USDA Economic Research Service. They had quite a few articles about
poverty, education and industry and how they are all tied together. The
“Briefing Room” on the ERS site also gave me some stats on poverty in the South
in non-metro areas.
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April 25, 2003
Reference Department, SUL
Birmingham, Alabama