Life

He graduated from University of Southern Mississippi, with a BA and M.A. in 1974, and Memphis State University, with a Ph. D. in history in 1982. He was director of the oral history program and assistant professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi.

He teaches at Delta State University

Delta State University

Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

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He returned to the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of 2009 as Professor and University Historian, and is currently finishing a Centennial History of the university.

Works

• From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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