Background
Eskew, Glenn T. was born on July 9, 1962 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States to the family of an engineer Robert L. Eskew and a homemaker Martha Bonner.
Glenn T. Eskew
Glenn T. Eskew received a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University in 1984.
Glenn T. Eskew continued his education for Master of Arts degree at the University of Georgia graduating in 1987.
Eskew became Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia in 1993.
Glenn T. Eskew received a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University in 1984.
Glenn T. Eskew continued his education for Master of Arts degree at the University of Georgia graduating in 1987.
Eskew became Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia in 1993.
(Birmingham served as the stage for some of the most drama...)
Birmingham served as the stage for some of the most dramatic and important moments in the history of the civil rights struggle. In this vivid narrative account, Glenn Eskew traces the evolution of nonviolent protest in the city, focusing particularly on the sometimes problematic intersection of the local and national movements.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UL1ZMW/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(Power, male privilege, and southern social customs These ...)
Power, male privilege, and southern social customs These essays look at southern social customs within a single city in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the volume focuses on paternalism between masters and slaves, husbands and wives, elites and the masses, and industrialists and workers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MCWBR05/?tag=2022091-20
1998
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0820333301/?tag=2022091-20
2013
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Eskew, Glenn T. was born on July 9, 1962 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States to the family of an engineer Robert L. Eskew and a homemaker Martha Bonner.
Glenn T. Eskew received a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University in 1984. He continued his education for Master of Arts degree at the University of Georgia graduating in 1987. Eskew became Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia in 1993.
Glenn T. Eskew has an abiding interest in southern history having taught the subject at Georgia State University since 1993. Previously in 1988-1991, he worked for the University of Georgia. Currently, he heads the university's World Heritage Initiative, an effort to develop a serial nomination of United States civil rights sites for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. His But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle (1997) received the Francis Butler Simkins Award from Southern Historical Association and Longwood College for the best book in southern history by a new author. His biography, Johnny Mercer: Southern Songwriter for the World (2013), received the Bell Award from the Georgia Historical Society and was selected as a Choice outstanding academic title. Eskew serves on a number of national, regional, state, and local boards, and promotes historic preservation and public history.
Being a historian and historic preservation activist Glenn T. Eskew managed to achieve recognition as an important member of the society of the State of Georgia. That was numerously marked by awards for his literary, educational and public work and by membership on respectable positions in a number of American historical societies.
Eskew's achievements also include the development of the Georgia Literary Festival.
(Power, male privilege, and southern social customs These ...)
1998(Birmingham served as the stage for some of the most drama...)
1997Glenn T. Eskew describes himself as a Liturgical Protestant.
Glenn T. Eskew describes himself as a Jeffersonian Republican.
President
Morgan County Landmarks Society , United States
2005 - 2007
Vestryman All Angels Episcopal Church , United States
1998
Madison Morgan Cultural Center , United States
2005
President
Georgia Association of Historians , United States
2003 - 2004
Member of Board of Curators
Georgia Historical Society , United States
1997 - 2000
Distinguished Lecturer
Organization of American Historians , United States
2006
Glenn T. Eskew married Pamela Grace Hall on June 25, 1993. They have two sons: Will and Tom.
