Chester M. Morgan

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

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.^[1]

He teaches 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

• 1986 Frederick Jackson Turner Award, for Redneck Liberal

Works

• Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal. LSU Press. 1985. ISBN 9780807124321. http://books.google.com/books?id=f8_t3_Ss0_MC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Chester+M.+Morgan&source=bl&ots=kZ_5nfNWFX&sig=S2B99Srp1S1WObHQ3pBcsO7Ukow&hl=en&ei=4SEDS6LUGIeFnQeQ98Rx&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBjgo#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Dearly bought, deeply treasured: the University of Southern Mississippi, 1912-1987. University Press of Mississippi. 1987. ISBN 9780878053070. 
• From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History^[4]

References

1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=oral+inauthor:Chester+inauthor:M+inauthor:Morgan&as_brr=0&sa=N&start=0
2. ^ http://www.deltastate.edu/pages/1111.asp
3. ^ http://www.usm.edu/history/morgan.php
4. ^ http://mdah.state.ms.us/pubs/heritage.html

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