Gregory Lamont Mixon is an American author and professor of history. He is the associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

He received a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1989.[1]

His book The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City examined the 1906 Atlanta race riots.[2][3] A review in the Georgia Historical Quarterly called it the definitive account of the riot.[4] He also wrote about the African American militias in the Southeastern United States after the American Civil War.

Bibliography edit

  • Show Thyself a Man: Georgia State Troops, Colored, 1865-1905, University Press of Florida (2016)
  • The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City (2004)[5]
  • The Atlanta Riot of 1906[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mixon, Gregory | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ Williams, Oscar R. (October 1, 2006). "Gregory Mixon, The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City; David Fort Godshalk, Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations". The Journal of African American History. 91 (4): 478–480. doi:10.1086/JAAHv91n4p478.
  3. ^ Burns, Rebecca (2006). Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Emmis Books. ISBN 9781578602681.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2020-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Pfeifer, Michael J. (February 1, 2006). "GREGORY MIXON. The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City. (Southern Dissent Series.) Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 2005. Pp. xv, 197. $59.95.Reviews of BooksCanada and the United States". The American Historical Review. 111 (1): 208–209. doi:10.1086/ahr.111.1.208 – via academic.oup.com.
  6. ^ Mixon, Gregory Lamont (June 23, 1989). "The Atlanta Riot of 1906". University of Cincinnati – via Google Books.