Professor Lee E. Williams, II received his B.A.
from Knoxville (TN) College, his M.A. from East TN. State University, and
his Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. He teaches the
department's courses in Alabama History, US History surveys,
Trans-Mississippi West, 20th Century African-American, Transnational
Republic, New South, Modern America and Recent America. He
serves as Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, departmental
representative to the Graduate Council, the Administrative Council, the
Academic Council and the Council of Deans and Directors. His
research interests center on the New South and 20th Century US History,
especially rioting and violence as forces for change. He is
currently working on a manuscript about Mobile, Alabama and World War II
as well as articles on various topics in Alabama history.
Publications:
Williams and Williams, Anatomy of Four Race Riots (Hattiesburg:
College and University Press of Mississippi, 1973.
Williams, II, Lee E., Post-War Riots in America, 1919 and 1946: How
the Pressures of War Exacerbated American Urban Tensions to the Breaking
Point (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellon Press, 1991).
"The Charleston, South Carolina Racial Riot of 1919," in Southern
Miscellany (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1981), edited
by Allen Dennis.
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