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  • Chasing Ghosts: James Davis Dickson, Sr.

    [This is the seventh post in the series, Chasing Ghosts.] Born in 1888 in Athens, Alabama to David Madison Dickson, Jr. and Blandeanah “Blandie” (Eubank)…

  • New Year’s Resolutions

    The appeal of new beginnings is archetypal. Beginning anew, starting fresh, turning over a new leaf, whatever cliché you want to use to embellish the…

  • Chasing Ghosts: Southern Pride

    The question may have occurred to someone who has been reading my Chasing Ghosts posts: why would a blog that is mainly about progressive ideas…

  • Two February events, and more

    Though the fall of 2013 has been busy, mostly with teaching, but also with getting to work on this Whitehurst/Montgomery book project. For third fall…