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What I'm Writing:
A Terrible Thing to Waste:
Arthur Fletcher and the Conundrum of the Black Republican
This is a political biography of a civil rights leader and former professional football player known as the “father of affirmative action.” Fletcher served four Republican presidents but was unable to adjust to the increasingly anti-civil rights philosophy of the Republican Party. The title evokes Mr. Fletcher’s service as Director of the United Negro College Fund during the 1970s.
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What I'm Reading:
Nathaniel R. Jones, Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America (The New Press, 2016)
From Amazon: Answering the Call is an extraordinary eyewitness account from an unsung hero of the battle for racial equality in America—a battle that, far from ending with the great victories of the civil rights era, saw some of its signal achievements in the desegregation fights of the 1970s and its most notable setbacks in the affirmative action debates that continue into the present in Ferguson, Baltimore, and beyond.
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Up next: Browne, One Righteous Man
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What I'm Teaching:
HIST 4910: Senior Capstone I: Methods
Fall 2017, Thursdays, 4:30-7:20
First half of the senior capstone experience. Emphasis is on the principles of historical research, the organization of materials, and the discussion of various writing styles. Students work closely with the instructor throughout the semester. Restricted to history majors in the senior/final year of the degree or by permission of the instructor.
Visit the online syllabus now / Click here for other courses.
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What I've Published Lately:
"Digitizing the Fletcher Papers: A Unique Historical Experience"
Perspectives on History (April, 2015)
In July 2014 I traveled to Hollywood, Florida, to do research in a private, unprocessed collection of personal papers from the estate of Arthur Fletcher. Frankly, I did not know what to expect. Fletcher’s son, Paul, had moved the papers from a flooded basement in Washington, DC, after his father’s death.
Read "Digitizing the Fletcher Papers" now / Click here for more publications.
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9/8/17: How Hope Works in the Black Community, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Obama
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1/19/17: David Hamilton Golland
1/13/17: Obama as symbol of hope, possibility for blacks, key to racial legacy, scholars say
12/23/16: 75 years later, residents share memories of Christmas 1941
2/12/14: If history teachers could time travel...
6/16/04: Torture, Then and Now (in response to After Abu Ghraib; Fight Fire With Compassion)
On the Road
November 9-11, 2017: Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
At the Blog
8/16/17: On Academic Administration and Tenure Review
Sadly, there is a national trend towards a permanent administrative class, and even non-academics being hired as college presidents. Part of the problem is that the salary differential discourages administrators from returning to faculty of their own volition; the "golden handcuffs" principle. My ideal academic world would have everyone with tenure....
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From the Peers
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On the Wall
2014 Governors State University Research Grant
2013 Governors State University Research Grant
2011 Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics Travel Grant
2011 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Travel Grant
2007 National Society of Colonial Dames Fellowship
2007 Thomas W. Smith Graduate Scholarship
2007 Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Travel Grant
2002 Starr Foundation Grant
2000 Arnold Picker Endowed Fund
2000 Edwin and Barbara Kanner Award
2000 Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowship
1999 Solomon Toubin Memorial Award
Department of Humanities
Suite C3370, Governors State University
One University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484
dgolland@govst.edu
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