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Chester M. Morgan

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Chester M. Morgan
Born
Chester M. Morgan III
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Southern Mississippi (BA, MA)
Memphis State University (PhD)
OccupationHistorian
AwardsFrederick Jackson Turner Award (1986)

Chester M. "Bo" Morgan III is an American historian.

Life

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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.[1]

He taught at Delta State University.[2]

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.[3]

Awards

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Works

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  • Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal. LSU Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-8071-2432-1.
  • Dearly bought, deeply treasured: the University of Southern Mississippi, 1912-1987. University Press of Mississippi. 1987. ISBN 978-0-87805-307-0.
  • From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History[4]

References

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  1. ^ https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=oral+inauthor:Chester+inauthor:M+inauthor:Morgan&as_brr=0&sa=N&start=0 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Dr. Chester M. "Bo" Morgan III". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  3. ^ "USM - College of Arts and Letters". www.usm.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2009-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)