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What I'm Writing:
A Terrible Thing to Waste: Arthur Fletcher and the Conundrum of the Black Republican (University Press of Kansas, forthcoming 2019)
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:
Alexander Tsesis, We Shall Overcome: A History of Civil Rights and the Law (Yale, 2009)
From Amazon: Despite America’s commitment to civil rights from the earliest days of nationhood, examples of injustices against minorities stain many pages of U.S. history. The battle for racial, ethnic, and gender fairness remains unfinished. This comprehensive book traces the history of legal efforts to achieve civil rights for all Americans, beginning with the years leading up to the Revolution and continuing to our own times.
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Up next: Mason, The Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan
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What I'm Teaching:
HIST 1110: The United States to 1865
Fall 2018, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00-12:15
Provides a historical examination of the United States from the founding of the colonies through Reconstruction with special emphasis on connections between historical transformations and issues of race, class, gender, religion, nation-building, economic development and modernization, and the sectional conflict. This is a required course for first-year students in the Civic Engagement Cohort and history majors, fills a requirement for Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education majors, and meets a GenEd requirement.
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 or click here for more publications.
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In the News
7/2/18: Experts see Potential for Weaker Unions as Result of High Court Ruling
6/2/18: Civil rights milestone or political theater?
2/21/18: Southland Residents Join Big Crowds to View Black Panther
2/6/18: Opinion: David Hamilton Golland answers: "Why Vote?"
11/6/17: University Community Examines Rise of Hate Speech
9/8/17: How Hope Works in the Black Community, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Obama
5/19/17: Doctoral Hooding Celebrates Future Leaders
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
October 6-7, 2018: Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Indianapolis, IN
June TBA, 2019: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
At the Blog
5/19/18: Commencement Speech
Here, you are. Here you are strivers. You came to GSU to make something better of yourself, to gain the skills to master a craft, the credentials for entry into a professional field. You came here knowing that a college degree was a ticket to the middle class. Here you are seekers. Once here, however, you learned just how much more a college degree....
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From the Peers
Rubio on Golland, American Historical Review
Anderson on Golland, Journal of American History
Delton on Golland, Labor History
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 Pres. 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
Last updated 13 July, 2018 (DHG)
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