Wayne Flynt
| Wayne Flynt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Wayne Flynt October 4, 1940 Potontoc, Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Florida State University Samford University |
| Occupation | Professor of History |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy |
| Children | 2 |
James Wayne Flynt (born October 4, 1940) is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Auburn University. He has won numerous teaching awards and been a Distinguished University Professor for many years. His research focuses on Southern culture, Alabama politics, Southern religion, education reform, and poverty. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Online Encyclopedia of Alabama.
Biography
Flynt received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard College (shortly before its reorganization as Samford University) in 1961 before taking his Master of Science (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) from Florida State University. After teaching at Samford for 12 years, he joined the faculty at Auburn University in 1977, where he remained until his retirement in 2005.
Growing up, Flynt moved frequently around the South with his parents because his father held a series of primarily sales jobs. The family landed a couple of occasions in Anniston, Ala., where Professor Flynt was graduated from high school in 1958. His mother taught fourth grade in the Alabama towns of Oxford, Opelika, Center Point and Pinson. Her obituary in The Birmingham News said she lived in thirty places in three states during her sixty-year marriage. She married Flynt's father in 1938.
Dr. Flynt has written 12 books that focus largely on the historical, economic and social fabric of Alabama, including Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites (1990),[1] and he co-wrote Alabama: A History of a Deep South State,[2] both of which were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. He is editor-in-chief of the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, a partnership of Auburn University and the Alabama Humanities Foundation.
In 2002, the University of Alabama journalism department named Dr Flynt as the winner of the Clarence Cason Writing Award, given to an author writing about or closely identified with the state of Alabama.[3]
Dr. Flynt and his wife Dorothy have two sons, Sean and David.
Bibliography
- Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee, 2017, published by HarperCollins.
- Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, 2011, published by the University of Alabama Press
- Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, 2010, published by the University of Alabama Press
- Alabama in the Twentieth Century, 2006, published by the University of Alabama Press
- Alabama Baptists, 2005, published by the University of Alabama Press
- Dixie's Forgotten People: The South's Poor Whites, 2004, published by Indiana University Press
- Poor but Proud, 2001, published by the University of Alabama Press
- Taking Christianity to China, 1997, published by the University of Alabama Press
- Mine, Mill, and Microchip: A Chronicle of Alabama Enterprise, 1986, published by Windsor Publications, Inc.
- Southern Poor Whites: An Annotated Bibliography with Dorothy S. Flynt, 1981, published by Garland Publishers
- Montgomery: An Illustrated History, 1980, published by Windsor Publications, Inc.
- Cracker Messiah: Governor Sidney J. Catts of Florida, 1977, published by Louisiana State University Press
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher: Dixie’s Reluctant Progressive, 1971, published by Florida State University Press
References
- ↑ Times Daily. "Flynt to tell about poverty in UNA talk". March 23, 1990, p. 8A. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Gadsden Times. "Historians praise new textbook on state". July 28, 1994, p. B3. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Tuscaloosa News. "Wayne Flynt deserves award" (Editorial). March 8, 2002, p. 6A. Retrieved on May 30, 2013.
External links
- Auburn University webpage for Wayne Flynt
- Bookstore website with some of his publications
- Alabama Academy of Honor, Flynt bio on web page (as of 2/2011)
- Auburn Dept. of History, Flynt biography