Chester M. Morgan

Chester M. Morgan
Born	Chester M. Morgan III
Nationality	American
Education	University of Southern Mississippi (BA, MA) Memphis State University (PhD)
Occupation	Historian
Awards	Frederick Jackson Turner Award (1986)

Chester M. "Bo" Morgan III is an American historian.

Life

He graduated from University of Southern Mississippi, with a BA and M.A. in 1974, and Memphis State University, with a Ph.D. in history in 1982. He was director of the oral history program and assistant professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi. ^[1]

He taught at Delta State University. ^[2]

He returned to the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of 2009 as Professor and University Historian, and is currently finishing a Centennial History of the university. ^[3]

Awards

• 1986 Frederick Jackson Turner Award, for Redneck Liberal

Works

• Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal. LSU Press. 1985. ISBN   978-0-8071-2432-1.
• Dearly bought, deeply treasured: the University of Southern Mississippi, 1912-1987. University Press of Mississippi. 1987. ISBN   978-0-87805-307-0.
• From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History ^[4]

References

1. "Voordat je verdergaat naar Google Zoeken". books.google.com. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
2. "Dr. Chester M. "Bo" Morgan III". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
3. "USM - College of Arts and Letters". www.usm.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
4. "Heritage of Mississippi Series". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2009-11-17.