John GiggieJohn Giggie is associate professor of history and African American studies at theUniversity of Alabama where he also serves as director of the Summersell Center for theStudy of the South. He is the author of After Redemption: Jim Crow and the Transformation ofAfrican American Religion in the Delta, 1875-1917, editor of America Firsthand, and editor ofFaith in the Market: Religion and the Rise of Commercial Culture. He is currently preparing abook on civil rights protests in west Alabama. He has been widely honored for his teaching, most recently with a Distinguished Fellow in Teaching Award and Excellence in CommunityEngagement Award from the University of Alabama. He received his PhD from PrincetonUniversity. Read More Read Less