Wayne Flynt
Encyclopedia
Wayne Flynt is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Auburn University
. He has won numerous teaching awards and been a Distinguished University Professor for many years. His research focuses on Southern culture, Alabama politics, Southern religion, education reform, and poverty. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Online Encyclopedia of Alabama
.
Growing up, Flynt moved frequently around the South with his parents because his father held a series of primarily sales jobs. The family landed a couple of occasions in Anniston, Ala., where Professor Flynt was graduated from high school in 1958. His mother taught fourth grade in the Alabama towns of Oxford, Opelika, Center Point and Pinson. Her obituary in The Birmingham News said she lived in thirty places in three states during her sixty-year marriage. She married Flynt's father in 1938.
Professor Flynt has written 11 books that focus largely on the historical, economic and social fabric of Alabama, including Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites (1990), and he co-wrote Alabama: A History of a Deep South State, both of which were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. He is editor-in-chief of the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, a partnership of Auburn University and the Alabama Humanities Foundation.
Wife (Dorothy) and two sons (Sean Flynt and David Flynt).
Father: James Homer Flynt
b. April 9, 1917, Shady Glen Community (Calhoun County, Ala.)
d. Feb. 11, 1998, Pinson, Ala. (Jefferson County)
Mother: Mae Ellis Moore Flynt
b. Nov. 22, 1919, Pinson
d. Sept. 28, 2008, Pinson
Alabama Academy of Honor, Flynt bio on web page (as of 2/2011):
Auburn Dept. of History, Flynt bio on web page (as of 2/2011):
Family obituaries published in The Birmingham News
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
. He has won numerous teaching awards and been a Distinguished University Professor for many years. His research focuses on Southern culture, Alabama politics, Southern religion, education reform, and poverty. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Online Encyclopedia of Alabama
Encyclopedia of Alabama
The Encyclopedia of Alabama is a comprehensive source of information on the state of Alabama's history, culture, geography, and natural environment. It is a state-wide collaboration that involves more than forty institutions from across Alabama that share their archives with the project...
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Biography
Dr. J. Wayne Flynt (born: Oct. 4, 1940, Potontoc, Miss.) received his Bachelor of Arts [A.B.] degree from Howard College (now Samford University) in 1961, and both his Masters of Science (M.S.) degree (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) from Florida State University. After teaching at Samford for eight years, he joined the faculty at Auburn University in 1977 where he remained for the rest of his academic career.Growing up, Flynt moved frequently around the South with his parents because his father held a series of primarily sales jobs. The family landed a couple of occasions in Anniston, Ala., where Professor Flynt was graduated from high school in 1958. His mother taught fourth grade in the Alabama towns of Oxford, Opelika, Center Point and Pinson. Her obituary in The Birmingham News said she lived in thirty places in three states during her sixty-year marriage. She married Flynt's father in 1938.
Professor Flynt has written 11 books that focus largely on the historical, economic and social fabric of Alabama, including Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites (1990), and he co-wrote Alabama: A History of a Deep South State, both of which were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. He is editor-in-chief of the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, a partnership of Auburn University and the Alabama Humanities Foundation.
Wife (Dorothy) and two sons (Sean Flynt and David Flynt).
Father: James Homer Flynt
b. April 9, 1917, Shady Glen Community (Calhoun County, Ala.)
d. Feb. 11, 1998, Pinson, Ala. (Jefferson County)
Mother: Mae Ellis Moore Flynt
b. Nov. 22, 1919, Pinson
d. Sept. 28, 2008, Pinson
External links
- Auburn University webpage for Wayne Flynt
- Bookstore website with some of his publications
Alabama Academy of Honor, Flynt bio on web page (as of 2/2011):
- http://www.archives.state.al.us/famous/academy/w_flynt.html
Auburn Dept. of History, Flynt bio on web page (as of 2/2011):
- http://media.cla.auburn.edu/history/alumni/bios/flynt_wayne.cfm
Family obituaries published in The Birmingham News