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Charles Vincent (historian)

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Charles Vincent (born 1945)[1] is an American historian, professor, and author. He a professor in the history department at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 2017.[2] Vincent serves as director of the Mwalimu Institute.[3]

Biography

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Vincent was born on October 19, 1945, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi.[1] Vincent was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in history from LSU.[4]

Vincent has written about African American legislators in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era as well as the history of Southern University and the town of Scotlandville where it is located.[4][5] He is a fellow of the Louisiana Historical Association. He was interviewed for an oral history collection.[6] He has written and spoken about Southern University's emergence after the Reconstruction era and its significance as the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) system in the United States.[7] He has also been a featured speaker on Reconstruction and Louisiana history.[8] He has written book reviews.[9]

Bibliography

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  • Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction Louisiana State University Press, 1976[10][11][12][13][14][15]
  • A Centennial History of Southern University and A&M College, 1880-1980[16]
  • Images of America: Scotlandville Arcadia Publishing, 2015[17][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. Charles Vincent". East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
  2. ^ "SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS" (PDF). Southern University System.
  3. ^ "Heroes of African-American History: Louisiana's First Black Elected Officials". Country Roads Magazine. January 15, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Louisiana Book Festival". www.louisianabookfestival.org.
  5. ^ Vincent, Charles (September 1, 1976). "Louisiana's Black Legislators and Their Efforts To Pass a Blue Law During Reconstruction". Journal of Black Studies. 7 (1): 47–56. doi:10.1177/002193477600700104. S2CID 143949628 – via SAGE Journals.
  6. ^ McKinley High School Oral History Project – Social Organizations: Charles Vincent (PDF). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection/Louisiana State University. 2002.
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  8. ^ "Shadows-on-the-Teche Awarded LEH Rebirth Grant". KADN News.
  9. ^ Vincent, Charles (1980). "The Slavedrivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South (review)". Civil War History. 26 (1): 78–79. doi:10.1353/cwh.1980.0014. ISSN 1533-6271.
  10. ^ Gerteis, Louis S. (January 1, 1977). "Charles Vincent, Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction". The Journal of Negro History. 62 (1): 110–112. doi:10.2307/2717198. JSTOR 2717198 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
  11. ^ Messner, William (1976). "Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction (review)". Civil War History. 22 (4): 366–367. doi:10.1353/cwh.1976.0042. ISSN 1533-6271.
  12. ^ Trelease, Allen W.; Vincent, Charles (February 1977). "Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction". The Journal of Southern History. 43 (1): 135. doi:10.2307/2207585. JSTOR 2207585.
  13. ^ Benedict, Michael Les; Vincent, Charles (1977). "Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction". The American Historical Review. 82 (3): 748. doi:10.2307/1851106. JSTOR 1851106.
  14. ^ Hume, Richard L.; Vincent, Charles (1977). "Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction". The Journal of American History. 64 (1): 164. doi:10.2307/1888330. JSTOR 1888330.
  15. ^ Bender, Thomas; Howe, Daniel Walker (1977). "Victorian America". The American Historical Review. 82 (3): 748. doi:10.2307/1851107. JSTOR 1851107.
  16. ^ Aiello, Thomas (2010). "The Heritage Fallacy: Race, Loyalty, and the First Grambling-Southern Football Game". History of Education Quarterly. 50 (4): 488–512. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5959.2010.00291.x. ISSN 0018-2680. JSTOR 25799353. S2CID 141766255.
  17. ^ Morris, George (16 November 2015). "New book on Scotlandville celebrates the faces, places that shaped the community". The Advocate. Retrieved 2021-01-08.