Episode 068 Bertis English on 2023 Coley Book Award

Episode 068 – Bertis English Recipient of the 2023 C.J. Coley Award
from Alabama Historical Association Air Date: November 8, 2023 Dr.
Bertis English, professor of history at Alabama State University,
discusses his book, Civil Wars, Civil Beings, and Civil Rights in
Alabama's Black Belt: A History of Perry County (University of
Alabama Press, 2020) that won the Alabama Historical Association's
2023 C.J. Coley Award for the best book on local history published
in the previous two years. English argues that African American
agency and the power of interracial citizens made the history of
Perry County, AL, significantly different from the orthodox
understanding of the Black Belt's history from the Civil War to the
Civil Rights Movement as one of relentless racial strife and
oppression. Links to things mentioned in the episode: Alabama
Historical Association www.alabamahistory.net/ AHA's Clinton
Jackson Coley Award
https://www.alabamahistory.net/clinton-jackson-coley-book-award
Civil Wars, Civil Beings, and Civil Rights in Alabama's Black Belt
https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817320690/civil-wars-civil-beings-and-civil-rights-in-alabamas-black-belt/
Perry County
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/perry-county/ Marion, AL
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/marion/ Uniontown, AL
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/uniontown/ The Dunning
School
https://slaveryexhibits.ctl.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/williamdunning
Alabama's Tragic Decade [John Witherspoon Dubose at BhamWiki]
https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/John_DuBose Sarah W. Wiggins, The
Scalawag in Alabama Politics
https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817305574/the-scalawag-in-alabama-politics-18651881/
W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Reconstruction_in_America Eric
Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction:_America%27s_Unfinished_Revolution,_1863%E2%80%931877
Lincoln School
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lincoln-school/ Judson
College https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/judson-college/
Howard College (Samford University)
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/samford-university/
Journal of African American History
https://asalh.org/document/journal-of-african-american-history/
Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript:
https://tinyurl.com/3968ebuc *Just a heads up – the provided
transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama
History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate
producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical
Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama.
The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the
past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other
programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net/