#Joseph Crespino

[wutbju]

Joseph Crespino in his history, In Search of Another Country, documents how white Protestant ministers in the South viewed those Northerner ministers who were trying to get Black folks registered to vote. We still repeat these same stories, yes?

A story--possibly apocryphal--recounted in the conservative Presbyterian Journal, which followed NCC activity in the state closely, captured the view of many conservative white Mississippians. A visiting ministerial "missionary" to Mississippi called up a local Presbyterian minister for a conference. The local minister begged off, weary of "the weekly necessity to hear a sermon on the subject of his ministerial failings by each newly arrived contingent of young clergymen." But he invited the visiting minister to come see him at the Vacation Bible school he was running. Vacation Bible school?-the visiting liberal minister had never heard of such a thing. Neither had he heard of Wednesday evening prayer meeting, which the visiting minister eagerly attended. Out of deference to his visitor, the local minister asked him to read the evening's scripture passage from Ephesians. He handed the man a Bible, and the congregation waited. The silence grew awkward as the visiting minister feebly thumbed the pages. Finally, he looked over to his host. "Where do you find Ephesians?" he asked.

[eviejbinns]

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and, instantly successful in the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbours and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten. Despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality, the novel is renowned for its warmth and humour. Atticus Finch, the narrator's father, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. The historian Joseph Crespino explains, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its main character, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism.

Typefaces from the 1960's

[little-alien-duck]

Books Read in 2019

Don’t Panic by Neil Gaiman (biography of Douglas Adams) 

Atticus Finch by Joseph Crespino (historical/literary analysis of Finch as a character and the place he holds in American pop culture) 

Q-Squared by Peter David (Star Trek: Q shenanigans)

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis (historical non-fiction about the founding fathers of the US) 

The Faiths of the Founding Fathers by Robert L. Holmes (historical non-fiction about the religious beliefs founding fathers of the US)

The Python Years by Michael Palin (palin's diaries from the years Monty Python was most active)

Sally Ride by Lynn Sherr (biography of Sally Ride, 1st American woman in space)

Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child by Terrance Dicks (Doctor Who novelization of the first serial) 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (early dystopian fiction) 

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (murder mystery series about a 10 year old aspiring chemist in 1950s England who solves crime in her spare time) 

The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

I am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

David Starr: Space Ranger by Isaac Asimov (fun, pulpy scifi) 

Redshift Rendezvous by John Stithe (also pulpy scifi, great science, weird plot) 

Fun Home by Allison Bechdel (graphic novel memoir mostly about being gay)

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 by Arthur Conan Doyle (classic murder mystery) 

American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley (historical non-fiction about jfk/the history of rockets/the space race)

Bird by Bird by Anne Lammott (writing advice, little bit of a memoir) 

Leonard by William Shatner (memoir about Shatner’s friendship with Leonard Nimoy) 

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (literary fiction about a convenience store in Japan) 

This Census Taker by China Mieville (uncategorizable fantasy)  

Slade House by David Mitchell (horror/murder mystery about a spooky house) 

The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: Picard’s life told by Picard)  

The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes (wild urban fantasy)  

Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall (what if the zombie apocalypse broke out during a Star Trek convention?)

Worlds Apart (collection of short stories by queer authors from around the 70s) 

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero (Americana mystery/horror/grown up Scooby Doo) 

The Trouble With Tribbles by David Gerrold (memoir of the writing/production of a masterpiece)  

Headstrong by Rachel Swaby (short biographies of under appreciated female scientists)  

Echoes by Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Star Trek Voyager: multiple universes) 

Battle Lines by Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur (Star Trek Voyager gets caught in the middle of an alien war)     

The Autobiography of James T. Kirk (Star Trek: Kirk’s life story told by Kirk) 

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (just more Sherlock Holmes) 

Dick Turpin’s Ride and Other Poems by Alfred Noyes (mostly sad English poetry from the early 1900s)

[thenerdyhistorian]

Got sources for that outside of regurgitated bullshit?

Yes, of course I do. I have a degree in History and social studies. You could have came to me civilly and asked for sources off of anon and we could have had a calm discussion. This is real history, which was witnessed and is still in our modern memory and just looking at the parties and their platforms of today and comparing them to the old parties of yesteryear, should be enough. These facts are not fake or made up. What’s funny, however, is that you want sources and yet you tell me what I am saying is regurgitated�� but here’s the thing, the events of history don’t change, so if presenting information about the past is regurgitation and as you so eloquently put it, “bullshit” then I don’t know what to tell you… In fact, if you’ve been hearing the same thing over and over again from different people who have different sources than I do, then maybe you should start to wonder why that is, rather than dismissing it as “bullshit” because it doesn’t come from a source you like? 

So I’m going to start out with something that I don’t really consider an academic source but more of a guide or a simply laid out explanation. When I watched this it was pretty ok. It still misses some little points but it explains, very quickly, what I learned during the course of a few years. It’s more or less a guide line or a starter pack of curiosity, if you will:  Article and Video

Here is a nice little article (still not an academic source yet) that explains what started occurring between the 1860s and 1930s

Here’s another interesting article (again, not an academic source, but has a good explanation) 

I’m also unsure if you hang out on reddit forums at all but there’s a cool community over there and they go back and forth about these topics all the time. Here is their FAQ page with some answered questions about the political shifts. 

Here’s a great explanation of the platform shifts with a ton of linked sources 

Here’s a Smithsonian article about how the states switched parties

Here is a nice source from Columbia University explaining how republican states became democrat, and vice versa 

Here’s a source from Syracuse University explaining how the once Democrat south became Republican 

Here’s another source from C-SPAN of a senator explaining in 1994 his decision to leave the Democrat party for the Republican party 

Here’s a couple books if you feel like doing some heavy reading: 

Farewell to the Party of Lincoln by Nancy J. Weiss which is pretty straightforward 

Strom Thurmond’s America by Joseph Crespino which goes into depth about why Souther Democrats began to go to the Republican party when the Democrat party began to stop fighting civil rights and change their views and platform 

and there’s millions of sources regarding this topic and if you feel like doing some sleuthing of your own, feel free. 

[scvpubliclib]

On this week’s podcast, Joseph Crespino talks about “Atticus Finch: The Biography,” and Philip Dray discusses “The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America.”

[javierpenadea]

"What Democrats Are Up Against in Georgia" by BY JOSEPH CRESPINO via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/32G4Tp6

[outsidetheknow]

The Democrats Are in Georgia. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher. by BY JOSEPH CRESPINO

The Democrats Are in Georgia. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher. by BY JOSEPH CRESPINO

By BY JOSEPH CRESPINO

The state’s demographics have been favorable to turn it blue, but destiny is shaped by history, too.

Published: November 21, 2019 at 12:00AM

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[izayoi1242]

The Democrats Are in Georgia. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher.

By BY JOSEPH CRESPINO The state’s demographics have been favorable to turn it blue, but destiny is shaped by history, too. Published: November 20, 2019 at 08:00PM from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2rb3K90 via IFTTT

[mironivanov]

Nonfiction: Harper Lee and Her Father, the Real Atticus Finch

Joseph Crespino’s “biography” of the virtuous lawyer in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and the real man he was modeled after, brings to life the inconsistencies of the South.

[wutbju]

This is Carl McIntire’s mocking of the World Council of Churches. Joseph Crespino documented it in In Search of Another Country.

[ianbagleyinfo]

The Book Review Podcast: The Life of Atticus Finch

Ian Bagley's New Blog Post

On this week’s podcast, Joseph Crespino talks about “Atticus Finch: The Biography,” and Philip Dray discusses “The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America.”

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[jimblanceusa]

The Book Review Podcast: The Life of Atticus Finch

On this week’s podcast, Joseph Crespino talks about “Atticus Finch: The Biography,” and Philip Dray discusses “The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America.” from Latest Information https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/books/review/atticus-finch-joseph-crespino-interview.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[coreyfspear89]

The Book Review Podcast: The Life of Atticus Finch

On this week’s podcast, Joseph Crespino talks about “Atticus Finch: The Biography,” and Philip Dray discusses “The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America.” from Latest News https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/books/review/atticus-finch-joseph-crespino-interview.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[javierpenadea]

"The Democrats Are in Georgia. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher." by BY JOSEPH CRESPINO via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2rb3K90