Latest post on my new blog is here. Or cut and paste this https://sharonygreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/where-to-start-oh-what-the-heck-go-hilary/?fbclid=IwAR1sAsSqHB0iojsMUWiCP5Rrp6AlOlDffFJShEnD-MembMec9AJVgmVnfXE Dr. Hilary Green, my dear friend, I will miss you!! Run! You did it!!
Ripped copies of antebellum letters from a Tuscaloosa planter shows the limits of silences in the archive. What all did someone not want others to know about an enslaved man-turned-architect? For more, see my blog entry here. Or if you can’t see the link, cut and paste this https://sharonygreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/ripped/
Bringing these bricks into my last lecture with Antebellum America. For weeks I’ve walked by and watched Facilities complete this bench. Only today I learned (thanks Hilary Green) that this sitting area pays homage to UA Presidents. I learned the bricks came from Bryce Hospital. The Facilities folks told me that weeks ago. Enslaved artisans… Continue reading brick house
Only last week I heard Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African American to enroll at the University of Alabama, say the world’s problems could be solved with one thing: love. She passed away today. Rest in power, Dr. Foster. I can only hope my thoughts and actions honor your legacy.
It is rare that I write two blog entries in one day, but I had to today. Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African American student to enroll at the University of Alabama, saw the dedication of a building in her honor today. Some of the words she offered a respectful crowd are presented in… Continue reading dedication of Autherine Lucy Hall
Sometimes words aren’t enough. I will be brief. This is a special week at the University of Alabama. Autherine Lucy, the first African American student, now has a building bearing her name. My colleague-sister and friend Hilary Green has put in the time and work to honor so many people of color who have walked… Continue reading for Autherine, for Hilary
I am getting ready to post the grades for my “American Swagger” class. Sometimes I doubt myself as a teacher, but whenever I read what my students write, I have more confidence. When you’re in the thick of teaching, especially courses that involve deliberate decisions to paint outside the lines lesson plan-wise, doubt comes. The… Continue reading why we do it
Just proctored the final final exam for my American Civilization Since 1865 class. It is my FINAL final because I am tired of being assigned to the last day of final exams for several years now. The end of finals week is a time when the students want to get out of here and some… Continue reading space matters feedback
The rain, wind and lightning were coming down very hard, but sixteen students, our graduate teaching assistant Liam Adkison, and I joined Steve Davis, historian for UA’s Bryce Hospital, for a wonderful tour. What a walk through time for my “American Civilization Since 1865” class! I learned the 22nd patient was an African American man.… Continue reading awesome visit to Bryce Hospital
Congrats to these students in my “American Civilization Since 1865” course for taking advantage of an extra credit opportunity to visit Gorgas House and see an exhibit highlighting the contributions of women on our campus, among them postbellum librarian and postmistress Amelia Gayle who “was the glue that held this school together” following the stroke… Continue reading women of the Tide comment on women of the Tide
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