- Ph.D. Mississippi State University, 1969
- M.A. Mississippi State University, 1965
- B.A. Lincoln Memorial University, 1964
2001--, Mississippi State University; 1978-79, West Alabama University; 1971-75, Bryant College; 1968-71, Chicago State University; 1967-68, Georgia Southwestern University; 1966, Mississippi State University
Non-Academic Career:
1991-99, Nordic Sales Mgr., Hitachi KIS; 1989-91, free-lance translator; 1985-89, senior account mgr., Computer Dataco; 1979-85, Mid-America sales mgr., Dataproducts Corp; 1975-78, pres. & CEO, U. S. Detroit Cars.
Guest Appearances/Lectureships:
1998 - University of Oslo; 1997 - universities of Aahus and Helsinki, WGCI radio in Chicago, German TV; 1996 - Mississippi State University; 1976 - Lund University; 1974 - Umeaa, Luleaa, Gothenburg universities. Lecture Topics: 20th-Century Black Politics; 20th-Century Presidency; Historical Roots of Contemporary Higher Education; Rural Movements, 1867-1939.
Threshold Politics or Whites Electing Blacks: A Case Study of Ten Such African American Officeholders (research - 70% complete)
Big-Time Football on a Small Playing Field: A History of Mississippi Community College Football (started)
A History of the Catfish Industry with Agricultural Economist Terry Hanson
- Books
A Swedish Dilemma: A Liberal European Nation's Struggle with Racism and Xenophobia, 1990-2000, University Press of America, 2005.
From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture, Indiana University Press, 2005.
The New Deal's Black Congressman: A Life of Arthur Wergs Mitchell, University of Missouri Press, 1997.
Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867-1900, University Press of Mississippi, 1974.
A Preliminary List of References for the History of the Granger Movement, University of California Press, 1967.
- Articles & Reviews
"Fulfilling a Mission: A History of the Department of Agricultural Economics, 1913-2005," MAFES, 2005.
"A Revisionist Interpretation of the Patrons of Husbandry, 1867-1900," Historian, 1970.
"Graduate Studies in American Agricultural History," Agricultural History, 1967.
Essay Contributions to Mississippi Authors & The Encyclopedia of the Railroads of North America.
Book Reviews in Lincoln Herald, Journal of Southern History, Agricultural History, Chicago Sun Times.
Papers for the American Historical Association, Southern Historical Association, Phi Alpha Theta, The Citadel History of the South Conference.
- George P. Hammond Award (Phi Alpha Theta prize for best article), 1969
- U. S. Information Agency Book Award, 1976
- runnerup, best manuscript in agricultural history, Agricultural History Society, 1971
- "Outstanding Faculty Member," West Alabama University, 1978-79.
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