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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Alabama Black Belt"”.
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If Selma Were Heaven: Economic Transformation and Black Freedom Struggles in the Alabama Black Belt, 1901 - 2000
<p>In Selma, Alabama in 1965, local African Americans partnered with civil rights organizations to stage a movement for voting rights. The beating of peaceful black marchers by white state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge that March catapulted the city and black demands for the ballot into the …
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Predicting and Equipping Private Well Owners at Risk of Microbial Contamination After Flooding Events in the Alabama Black Belt
Private well owners in Alabama, totaling approximately eight-hundred thousand individuals, bear the sole responsibility for ensuring the quality of their water supply. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have regulations in place for private wells. While state government programs …
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Novel Time-Integrated Quantification of Sediment-Associated Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Rural Alabama Creek with Straight Pipes
In the Alabama Black Belt, widespread rural poverty, limited sewer access, and shrink-swell clays preclude the use of conventional septic systems, leading to both failing septic systems and discharge of raw sewage from homes through "straight pipes." The degree to which fecal microbes are …