Black Women in Texas History

Contributors

contributors angela boswell, Professor of History at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, is a specialist in the history of women in the southern United States. Boswell received her Ph.D. from Rice University; among her publications is Her Act and Deed: Women’s Lives in a Rural Southern County, 1837–1873. barry a. crouch, deceased Professor of History at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., received his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. A specialist in Reconstruction, among his publications are The Freedmen’s Bureau and Black Texans and (with Donally E. Brice) Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado. stefanie decker is completing her Ph.D. at Oklahoma State University and teaches U.S. history at Amarillo College. A specialist in southern women’s history, Decker published “Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Juanita Craft versus the Dallas Elite.” bruce a. glasrud is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University , East Bay, and retired Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, at Sul Ross State University. He earned his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. A specialist in peoples of color in the western United States, Glasrud focuses on the black experience in Texas. He has authored or coauthored nine books, including (with Laurie Champion) The African American West: A Century of Short Stories. kenneth w. howell received his Ph.D. in history from Texas A&M University . He taught for twelve years in the Texas public school system before becoming an Assistant Professor of History at Prairie View A&M University. Howell has several publications that focus on Texas and southern history, including Henderson County, Texas, 1846–1861: An Antebellum History; “George Adams: A Cowboy All His Life,” in Black Cowboys of Texas; and “When the Rabble Hiss, Well May Patriots Tremble”: James Webb Throckmorton and the Secession Movement in Texas, 1845–1861,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly . Currently, he has submitted a book manuscript on James Webb Throckmorton for publication. franklin d. jones is Professor of Political Science at Texas Southern University . Jones earned his Ph.D. in political science at Atlanta University. His 234 Contributors teaching and research interests focus on African American Politics, Political Theory, and Public Polic y. Among his publications are two edited volumes, Readings in American Political Issues. During his tenure at Texas Southern he served as Chair, Department of Public Affairs, and Interim Senior Vice President and Provost of Academic Affairs. merline pitre is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences at Texas Southern University. She received the Ph.D. degree from Temple University. Pitre has published numerous articles in scholarly and professional journals, her most noted works are Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: The Black Leadership of Texas, 1868–1900, and In Struggle against Jim Crow: Lulu B. White and the NAACP, 1900–1957. jewel l. prestage formerly served as Professor of Political Science and Dean at Southern University, and more recently at Prairie View A&M University . With a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, Prestage became the first African American woman to achieve a Ph.D. in political science. Prestage’s publications include (with Marianne Githens) A Portrait of Marginality: The Political Behavior of the American Woman. rebecca sharpless is Assistant Professor of History at Texas Christian University. From 1993 to 2006 she directed the Baylor University Institute for Oral History. In addition to oral history, Sharpless focuses on the history of women in the southern United States. Among her publications is Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900–1940. james m. smallwood is Professor Emeritus of History at Oklahoma State University. Smallwood received his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. A specialist in blacks during Reconstruction, he is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including Time of Hope, Time of Despair: Black Texans during Reconstruction; A Century of Achievement: Blacks in Cook County, Texas; The Struggle for Equality: Blacks in Texas; and Born in Dixie: The History of Smith County, Texas (2 vols.). ...