Category Archives: History

Two Books I Wish I’d Read While I Was Still Teaching Civil Rights (Teaching Civil Rights, 1)

Posted on September 20, 2010 by georgelamplugh

A Review of: Peniel E. Joseph, Dark Days, Bright Nights:  From Black Power to Barack Obama.  New York:  Basic Books, 2010. Glenn Browder, with Artemesia Stanberry, Stealth Reconstruction:  An Untold Story of Racial Politics in Recent Southern History.  Montgomery, Ala.:  NewSouth … Continue reading →

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Gotta Love Technology, Don’t Ya?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by georgelamplugh

Once again, it’s been a while since my last post, for which,  once more, I apologize.  I’ve been chugging along, gobbling up antebellum Georgia newspapers, thanks to the wonderful web site “Digital Library of Georgia”   (DLG) at “Galileo.”  Today I finished … Continue reading →

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Old Newspapers, New Computers, and Occasional Frustration (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 1)

Posted on July 5, 2010 by georgelamplugh

I noticed today that it’s been almost three weeks since my first post.  I’ve received one comment on that one, from one of my sons–thanks, Jim! Since that first post (and for a month or so prior to it, for … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on June 14, 2010 by georgelamplugh

I’m actually writing this “first post” after publishing my actual “first post” (I’m still trying to catch on to this blogging business), so I don’t want to say a lot here, lest I give away too much of the real first post … Continue reading →

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