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Category Archives: Southern History
Georgia and the Federal Constitution, Part I (In Pursuit of Dead Georgian, 10)
[Note: Part I of a talk delivered during the celebration of the Bicentennial of the Federal Constitution, at the quarterly meeting of Historic Jonesboro/Clayton County (Ga.). I did not think that, as a high school teacher, I would ever be … Continue reading
Race–and History–Matter
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past” (William Faulkner) [NOTE: Perhaps it’s because I live in the South; or maybe it’s because February was Black History Month; or I suppose it could be because the Republican Party is … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Constitution of 1787, Current Events, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Nullification, Philadelphia Convention (1787), Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Bloody Sunday, George Will, James Wagner, John Lewis, Leonard Pitts, Race and History, Rush Limbaugh, Voting Rights Act of 1965, William Faulkner, WP Longform
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The News from Indian Country: The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834, Part II (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 9)
[Note: We conclude the story of the Cherokee Phoenix begun in a previous post. Both the passage by Congress of the Indian Removal Act (1830) and President Jackson’s refusal to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Worcester v. … Continue reading
Getting Right With Spielberg’s “Lincoln”
I have never liked the “docudrama,” whether on television or in films–“too much ‘drama,’ not enough ‘docu,’” the historian in me grumped. And yet, without question the modern master of the epic “docudrama”/message movie is Steven Spielberg (“Amistad,” “Saving Private … Continue reading
Teaching Prep School With a PhD: Is It For You?
[Note: Several times over the past few years, I’ve been asked by My Old Graduate School (MOGS) to speak to interested students about “prep school” teaching as an alternative to a career in the traditional professoriate (because, of course, those jobs are as scarce … Continue reading
The News from Indian Country–The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834, Part I (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 8)
[Note: This began as my contribution to my school’s interdisciplinary examination of Native American culture, but I had another reason for offering to present something on the Cherokee tribal newspaper: the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia was a significant part of my ongoing research project, … Continue reading
Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Cherokee Indians, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Elias Boudinot, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Wilson Lumpkin
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Echoes of the Scopes Trial, 1925-2000 (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 2)
[Note: In another “interdisciplinary project,” the school’s drama group presented Lawrence and Lee’s “Inherit The Wind.” We were fortunate to be able to snag as our keynote speaker Dr. Edward J. Larson of the University of Georgia, who had recently published a … Continue reading
Assault and Battery on the Mother Tongue–“Business-Speak”
Once upon a time, I wanted to teach English, and, though things didn’t work out that way, I’ve maintained a love affair with the language. Nothing gets me hotter under the collar faster than writing that is sloppy, imprecise, deceptive, … Continue reading
The Mississippi Delta and the Blues (Blues Stories, 6)
Geographers define a “delta” as the triangular-shaped fertile area created by siltation at the mouth of a river. But, when Blues fans refer to “the Delta,” “the land where the Blues began,” we mean “the fertile alluvial plain shared by the … Continue reading
Retired But Not Shy 