The Summersell Center for the Study of the South’s (SCSS) spring semester has produced new research for its lynching research initiative, the Alabama Memory Project. Eighteen undergraduate researchers are […]
Read More… aboutSummersell Center Partners with Elmore County Black History Museum
“Southern Conversations” offers an opportunity for students and professors to discuss broad questions and themes in U.S. Southern History. This semester’s conversation will focus on the topic of violence and […]
The Frances J. Summersell Center for the Study of the South’s (SCSS) fall 2022 semester marked new developments in its southern queer history project. Dr. John Giggie and Vivian Malone […]
Read More… aboutSummersell Center Pushes Forward with Numerous Groundbreaking Initiatives
Dr. John Giggie and Isabella Garrison hosted high school students from Atlanta who are enrolled in the Galloway School’s southern queer history course. The students were led by Dr. Margaret […]
Read More… aboutSummersell Center’s Queer History Project Hosts Galloway School Students
The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South and the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at The University of Alabama are proud to announce the […]
Read More… aboutVoices of the Enslaved Wins 2022 Summersell Deep South Book Prize
The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South has continued the research of hidden Southern history with its two new classes in the fall semester. “Race and […]
The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South Director, Dr. John Giggie, was quoted recently by both U.S. News and Realtor.com. Giggie added commentary to a story […]
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A History of Us An article about Dr. Giggie’s “History of Us” class, the first Black History class taught in an Alabama public high school, was featured recently in the […]
Read More… aboutHistory of Us Featured in Recent Edition of Collegian
History of Us, the ground-breaking, student-centered Black History course developed by the Frances J. Summersell Center of the Study of the South, in conjunction with Tuscaloosa’s Central High School, […]
Read More… aboutHistory of Us Curriculum Looks to Expand into Other Alabama Schools
The Mathews Center will host its annual Civic Institute on August 21st, 2020. The event will be held entirely online. The theme of this year’s event is Common Bonds: Collective Purpose and […]
Read More… aboutDr. John Giggie to Participate in David Mathews Center’s Civic Institute, August 21
To support the study of southern history and promote the use of the manuscript collections housed at The University of Alabama, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of […]
Read More… aboutSummersell Center Accepting Applications for Short-Term Research Fellowships
Director of the Frances J. Summersell Center for the Study of the South , Dr. John Giggie, working with students from his class on Religion and Civil Rights at The University of […]
