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James Bowers Wall

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Graduate Alumnus

James's dissertation, "Settling Down for the Long Haul: The Struggle for Freedom Rights in Southwest Georgia, 1945-1995," examines the African-American struggle for equal rights in southwest Georgia through the lens of the long civil rights movement. He received his B.A. from the University of North Texas in 2008 and his M.A. from the University of Houston in 2011. 

Dissertation/Thesis Title:
Settling Down for the Long Haul: The Struggle for Freedom Rights in Southwest Georgia, 1945-1995
Degree Completion Date:
Of note:

Gregory Graduate Research Award, University of Georgia History Department (2012).

Gregory Graduate Research Award, University of Georgia History Department (2013).

John Hope Franklin Center Research Grant, Duke University (2013).

Gregory Graduate Research Award, UGA History Department (2014).

Graduate Research Award, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia (2015).

Summer Doctoral Research Fellowship, UGA Graduate School (2015).

Phelps-Stokes Graduate Fellowship, UGA Graduate School (2015-2016).

Events featuring James Bowers Wall
101 LeConte Hall

Doctoral alumnus James Wall will present a mock job talk, “Settling Down for the Long Haul”: The Struggle for Freedom Rights in Southwest Georgia, 1945-1995 .”

All are welcome, graduate students and faculty are strongly encouraged to attend.

Major Professor

Committee Members

Albert B. Saye Professor of History

External Committee

J. Todd Moye

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