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«Back to Authors and Guests Robert K. Ackerman BOOK:Wade Hampton III PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2007/3667.htmlRobert K. Ackerman, author of Wade Hampton III, is a retired professor of history who has served as dean of CATEGORIES: Nonfiction History Biography South Carolina History |
 Earl Middleton BOOK:Knowing Who I Am: A Black Entrepreneur's Struggle and Success in the American South http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2008/3715.html(1919-2007) Earl M. Middleton was the founder and owner of Coldwell Banker Middleton and Associates, one of the largest real-estate brokerages in CATEGORIES: History Biography African American South Carolina History |
 Jack Bass BOOK:The Orangeburg Massacre PRESENTING:Saturday 3:20 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room www.jackbass.comJack Bass is author or co-author of seven nonfiction books about the American South. His works have focused on Southern politics, race relations, and the role of law in shaping the civil rights era. He is a professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston. Bass will be leading a panel to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Nonfiction History South Carolina History |
 Andrew Billingsley BOOK:Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families PRESENTING:Sunday 2:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2007/3686.htmlThe author of Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families, Andrew Billingsley is a professor of sociology and African American studies and senior scholar in residence at the Institute for Families in Society at the His previous books are Mighty like a River: The Black Church and Social Reform and Climbing Jacob’s Ladder: The Enduring Legacy of African-American Families. Billingsley is the recipient of the DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award from the American Sociological Association and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Association of Black Sociologists. He was also featured in the PBS documentary Blacks in the Civil War, narrated by Morgan Freeman. READ MORECATEGORIES: Nonfiction Biography African American South Carolina History |
 Suzanne Cameron Linder Hurley BOOK:Dearest Hugh: The Courtship Letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl, 1900-1901 PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2008/3714.htmlEditor of Dearest Hugh: The Courtship Letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl, 1900–1901, Suzanne Cameron Linder Hurley is a native of CATEGORIES: Nonfiction History South Carolina History |
 John Hammond Moore BOOK:The Voice of Small-Town America: The Selected Writings of Robert Quillen, 1920-1948 PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2008/3710.htmlJohn Hammond Moore is a veteran journalist and historian with more than twenty books to his credit, most recently The Voice of Small-Town CATEGORIES: Nonfiction History South Carolina History |
 Joy W. Barnes BOOK:Knowing Who I Am: A Black Entrepreneur's Struggle and Success in the American South PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Saturday 3:30 p.m. The Hilton Columbia Center http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2008/3715.htmlA native of CATEGORIES: Nonfiction Biography South Carolina History |
 Bob Fulton BOOK:My Career My Life PRESENTING:Sunday 3:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2008/2746.htmlFor forty-three years sportscaster Bob Fulton was the "voice" of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks and a figure as central to the athletics program as any coach or star player. His memoir serves as a unique opportunity to revisit decades of Carolina sports from the broadcaster's vantage point as he surveys defining moments and larger-than-life personalities from football, basketball, and baseball. Bob Fulton is an eight-time recipient of the South Carolina Outstanding Sportscaster Award. In 1990 he was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2007 into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Now retired, he lives with his wife Carol in Columbia. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Nonfiction Memoir South Carolina History Sports |