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Category Archives: Dr. Martin Luther King
A Post for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 2019
[NOTE: Last year at this time, I published a post for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday that focused on my contribution to an assembly commemorating King’s career and significance given at my school on January 16, 1987. This post … Continue reading
The Second Reconstruction: The Modern Civil Rights Movement, 1940s-1968, Part 2 (Teaching Civil Rights, 12)
[NOTE: This is the concluding post in my treatment of the Modern American Civil Rights Movement from World War II through the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968. For part 1, go here. A list … Continue reading
Posted in "The Race Beat", Age of Jim Crow, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History Teaching, Martin Luther King, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Sun Belt, Taylor Branch, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, Civil Rights Movement, education, Historical Reflection, history, History Curriculum, History Teaching, Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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The “Second Reconstruction”: The Modern Civil Rights Movement, 1940s-1968, Part 1 (Teaching Civil Rights, 12)
[NOTE: One of the most significant developments in American history since the end of World War II has been the modern civil rights movement, which noted historian C. Vann Woodward termed “the Second Reconstruction.” Between the 1940s and 1968, the … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History Teaching, Martin Luther King, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Sun Belt, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Civil Rights Movement, education, Historical Reflection, history, History Curriculum, History Teaching, Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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Georgia Visions: A Continuing Drama in at Least Six Acts, Part 2 (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 10)
[NOTE: This is the concluding part of a post derived from a talk I presented, on two occasions, to foreign students visiting my school, on the history of the state of Georgia. For Part I, go here.] * * * … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Georgia History, Henry Grady, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Martin Luther King, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Sun Belt, Teaching, Tom Watson, Uncategorized
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, Civil Rights Movement, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching, Teaching History
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They don’t call me “Dr. Excitement” for nothin’, you know! (Be True to Your School, 5)
[Note: In a previous post in this series, I discussed how certain personal eccentricities helped me construct a “classroom persona,” one “Dr.,” beard, polyester suit, and awful pun at a time. In this entry, I’d like to offer a few … Continue reading
Posted in "The Race Beat", Age of Jim Crow, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Cold War, Dr. Martin Luther King, Elias Boudinot, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, Vietnam War
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Blues, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Historical Reflection, History Curriculum, History Teaching, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Southern History
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A Post for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 2017
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has long been one of my heroes, beginning when I was a youngster growing up in an industrial suburb of Baltimore in the 1950s. In the 1960s, when I decided that I wanted to teach … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Dr. Martin Luther King, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Popular Culture, Prep School, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Civil Rights Movement, Emory University, King Holiday, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., University of Delaware
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“Massive Resistance” at Ground Level: The Case of Prince Edward County, Virginia (Teaching Civil Rights, 5)
A Review of Kristen Green, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle (Harper, 2015) [NOTE: One of the great joys of my last few years in the classroom was the … Continue reading
Posted in "The Race Beat", Age of Jim Crow, American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Elective History Course for 9th and 10th Graders, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Martin Luther King, Popular Culture, Prep School, Prince Edward County Virginia, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged "Brown" decision, "segregation academices", "Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County", integration of public schools, Kristen Green, teaching the Modern American Civil Rights Movement
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“The Flags, Daddy, the Flags!”: “Retired But Not Shy” at Six
[NOTE: I launched Retired But Not Shy: Doing History After Leaving the Classroom a couple of weeks following my retirement, in May 2010, from nearly four decades teaching History in an Atlanta prep school. I really didn’t know what I was doing, but, as the … Continue reading
Growing Up White in the Jim Crow South: Two Perspectives from Georgia (Teaching Civil Rights, 3)
A Review of: Hamilton Jordan, A Boy from Georgia: Coming of Age in the Segregated South (edited by Kathleen Jordan). Athens, Ga., and London: The University of Georgia Press, 2015. Jim Auchmutey, The Class of ’65: A Student, A … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Popular Culture, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Americus Georgia, Clarence Jordan, Greg Wittkamper, Hamilton Jordan, Jim Auchmutey, Teaching Civil Rights
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