Charles Vincent (historian) explained

Charles Vincent (born 1945)^[1] is an American historian, professor, and author. He a professor in the history department at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 2017.^[2] Vincent serves as director of the Mwalimu Institute.^[3]

Biography

Vincent was born on October 19, 1945, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Vincent was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in history from LSU.

Vincent has written about African American legislators in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era as well as the history of Southern University and the town of Scotlandville where it is located.^{[4] [5]} He is a fellow of the Louisiana Historical Association. He was interviewed for an oral history collection.^[6] He has written and spoken about Southern University's emergence after the Reconstruction era and its significance as the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) system in the United States.^[7] He has also been a featured speaker on Reconstruction and Louisiana history.^[8] He has written book reviews.^[9]

Bibliography

• Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction Louisiana State University Press, 1976^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}
• A Centennial History of Southern University and A&M College, 1880-1980^[16]
• Images of America: Scotlandville Arcadia Publishing, 2015^{[17] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr. Charles Vincent . East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
2. Web site: SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Southern University System.
3. Web site: January 15, 2020 . Heroes of African-American History: Louisiana's First Black Elected Officials . Country Roads Magazine.
4. Web site: Louisiana Book Festival. www.louisianabookfestival.org.
5. Louisiana's Black Legislators and Their Efforts To Pass a Blue Law During Reconstruction. Charles. Vincent. September 1, 1976. Journal of Black Studies. 7. 1. 47–56. SAGE Journals. 10.1177/002193477600700104. 143949628.
6. Book: McKinley High School Oral History Project – Social Organizations: Charles Vincent. T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection/Louisiana State University. 2002.
7. https://www.wafb.com/2020/02/13/southern-university-am-college-light-hope-african-americans-post-reconstruction/ Article title
8. Web site: Shadows-on-the-Teche Awarded LEH Rebirth Grant. KADN News.
9. Vincent. Charles. 1980. The Slavedrivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South (review). Civil War History. en. 26. 1. 78–79. 10.1353/cwh.1980.0014. 1533-6271.
10. Charles Vincent, Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction. Louis S.. Gerteis. January 1, 1977. The Journal of Negro History. 62. 1. 110–112. journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon). 10.2307/2717198. 2717198.
11. Messner. William. 1976. Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction (review). Civil War History. en. 22. 4. 366–367. 10.1353/cwh.1976.0042. 1533-6271.
12. Trelease. Allen W.. Vincent. Charles. February 1977. Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction.. The Journal of Southern History. 43. 1. 135. 10.2307/2207585. 2207585.
13. Benedict. Michael Les. Vincent. Charles. 1977. Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction. The American Historical Review. 82. 3. 748. 10.2307/1851106. 1851106.
14. Hume. Richard L.. Vincent. Charles. 1977. Black Legislators in Louisiana During Reconstruction. The Journal of American History. 64. 1. 164. 10.2307/1888330. 1888330.
15. Bender. Thomas. Howe. Daniel Walker. 1977. Victorian America. The American Historical Review. 82. 3. 748. 10.2307/1851107. 1851107.
16. Aiello. Thomas. 2010. The Heritage Fallacy: Race, Loyalty, and the First Grambling-Southern Football Game. History of Education Quarterly. 50. 4. 488–512. 10.1111/j.1748-5959.2010.00291.x. 25799353. 141766255. 0018-2680.
17. Web site: Morris. George. 16 November 2015. New book on Scotlandville celebrates the faces, places that shaped the community. 2021-01-08. The Advocate. en.