Category Archives: Historical Reflection

Growing Up White in the Jim Crow South: Two Perspectives from Georgia (Teaching Civil Rights, 3)

Posted on March 1, 2016 by georgelamplugh

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 →

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Historical Problem, “Who Was ‘A Citizen'” (Georgia, 1783-1788), Part 2: Debut of “A Citizen” (1783)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  Last month, I introduced an “historical problem” about the writings of an angry Georgian after the American Revolution who called himself “A Citizen.” Although “A Citizen’s” pamphlet, Cursory Remarks on Men and Measures in Georgia (1784), is the focus of … Continue reading →

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Tales from the George Troup vs. John Clark Era in Georgia Politics (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 24)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: A while ago, I offered a post about a frequently overlooked family memoir from antebellum Georgia that offered keen insights into the links between politics and religion during the bitterest era of factional politics in the state’s history. Even … Continue reading →

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A Post for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 2016

Posted on January 16, 2016 by georgelamplugh

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., has long been one of my personal heroes, beginning when I was a youngster growing up in an industrial suburb of Baltimore, Maryland.  Later, after I decided that I wanted to teach History, I … Continue reading →

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Historical Problem: Who Was “A Citizen”? (Georgia,1783-1788)–Part 1: Introduction

Posted on January 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

  One thing that made historical research bearable, even fun for me at times,  was how I ran into interesting characters during my studies in Georgia history, people about whom I wished to learn more; began storing references to their activities; and, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Arnold Shankman (1945-1983)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  A couple of months ago, I did an online search because I was curious about the legacy of Arnold Michael Shankman, my best friend from graduate school, who died on March 1, 1983, after a lengthy battle with lymphatic cancer, at the age of … Continue reading →

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Creeks and Cherokees–Walking Native Ground (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 23)

Posted on December 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  Recently, I finished reading Tiya Miles’s fine study, The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story, the history of the property we now know as the Chief Vann House State Historic Site, in Chatsworth, Georgia. The House on … Continue reading →

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Alive and Still Bloggin’: “Retired But Not Shy” at Five

Posted on November 14, 2015 by georgelamplugh

A little over a year ago, I posted an account of the evolution of this blog as it reached its fourth birthday. It’s now time to provide an update, a few months after the fifth anniversary of “Retired But Not Shy,” and the appearance … Continue reading →

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Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Guitar Guru (Blues Stories, 20)

Posted on November 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

A Review of Ian Zack, Say No to the Devil: The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davis.  The University of Chicago Press, 2015. “I done come this far, I don’t find no fault, well I feel just like … Continue reading →

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Bubba’s Baedeker: A History Book as Travel Guide to the “Redneck Riviera”

Posted on October 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

A Review of Harvey H. Jackson III, The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera:  An Insider’s History of the Florida-Alabama Coast  (Athens, Ga., University of Georgia Press, 2012) [NOTE: I first read Hardy Jackson’s book in 2012, and it stirred in me … Continue reading →

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