Research Projects Under Construction for HIS316-002 Southern Conservatism Project Topics, Key Questions, and Annotated Bibliographies Please note that the annotated bibliographies re in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (.pdf), which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software. To print .pdf files, use the printer icon on the Acrobat toolbar. If you have not previously downloaded this free software, you may do so by clicking on the icon.

Southern Religiosity

Karen Finch KarenF78@aol.com

Southern Baptist Convention and the status of women in the 1920s: How did the Southern Baptists maintain a patriarchal focus in the South during the revolutionary times in women's rights at the national level? How did their churches inform their congregations about women's place in society? What was the difference between the roles of women in black Baptist churches and white churches?
Annotated Bibliography

Trevor Hale trevor135@yahoo.com

Antebellum Pro-slavery Sermons and Social Control: Why did Southern preachers feel compelled to justify the existence of slavery? To what degree did Southern churches' proslavery stance perpetuate the "peculiar institution" of the South?
Annotated Bibliography

Whitney Speaker veruca1234@aol.com

Southern males, alcohol, and the church in the Civil War era: What is the ideal behavior of a Southern white male and how did the church affect male behaviors? Did Christian ideals of piety, tolerance, and "turning the other cheek" fit into the life of the typical Southern white man?
Annotated Bibliography

Attitudes and Life Choices in Civil War Kentucky

Sherri Lane SherriLane@hotmail.com

African-Americans, Slavery, and White Women in Harrodsburg: How did Black families live in Harrodsburg and Mercer County under slavery? How did slaveholders, in particular Marie Thompson Daviess, the largest slaveholder in Mercer County, deal with emancipation and colonization issues? What was life like for slaves, free blacks, and whites?
Annotated Bibliography

Hayden Milligan hmill75870@aol.com

Allegiance Patterns in Floyd County: Why did Floyd County military men break ranks with the rest of Appalachian Kentucky and support the Confederacy in such unusual numbers? How did rates of property ownership and party affiliations reflect their attitudes about their "southerness"? How were these mountaineers' attitudes expressed in Floyd County after the Civil War?
Annotated Bibliography

Organized Violence in the Early Twentieth Century

Mike McKay mdmcka0@pop.uky.edu

The Black Patch War Firsthand: How did the longstanding social acceptance of violence culminate in the "war" in western Kentucky and middle Tennessee? What was life like in these times that would allow people to be accepting of the brutal acts of violence by the Night Riders?
Annotated Bibliography

Brian Nusbacher SBNUS@aol.com

Campaign against Lynching 1919-1938: How did Southern conservatism and strict interpretations of the 10th and 14th Amendments counter the federal attempts to end the legal acceptance of lynching of Black Americans? How did public opinion and domestic political considerations affect the final outcome of the legislative process? What social, sexual, and economic aspects of lynching relied on post-Civil War perceptions of a "Southern way of life"?
Annotated Bibliography

Black/White Relations in the 1940s

Larry Barber tbird1991@aol.com

"Happy" Chandler and Jackie Robinson: How did Chandler's history as a politician and his background as a white Southerner affect his decision to support Robinson's entry into baseball's Major Leagues? What did other baseball players and team owners think of Robinson as a player and as a man? How did Robinson's own behaviors and moral strength of character provide a role model for other athletes?
Annotated Bibliography

Stephanie May scarlet67@hotmail.com

Kentucky's Black Soldiers in World War II: What were the conditions in the training camps? How did the racism of white commanders affect their decisions regarding Black Kentuckians? What did Black Kentuckians feel they had to gain - or lose - in this war? Why did they feel compelled to serve and fight under the American flag?
Annotated Bibliography