I look forward to meeting you at the conference, Andrew

Ann Fagan Ginger, presente!

Ann Fagan Ginger wrote or edited more than 20 books.

I learned a lot about repression and resistance during the McCarthy era from her The Cold War Against Labor (2 vols., co-edited with David Christiano)

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In 2001, Ann pressured Harvard University to finally acknowledge firing her first husband, the historian Ray Ginger, for his refusal to comply with Massachusetts' "un-American activities" board in 1954.

When the Berkeley Free Speech Movement erupted in October 1964, Ann spoke from atop the police car that students had surrounded in Sproul Plaza, affirming their right to assemble there.

I posted more about Chivers here:

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I do have some doubts about its accuracy, because King's college transcript doesn't list the professors' names, and Morehouse allowed students to take "exchange" classes at other HBCUs in Atlanta

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below are King's courses at Morehouse, according to the King papers project, which triangulated using several sources

Walter Chivers was the only Sociology professor at Morehouse, until King's senior year

in those days, the typical Morehouse student took 5 classes per semester, and a major required 8-10 classes

having said that, the targets of state repression are much broader now than during the McCarthy era

at the local level, McCarthyite hysteria also fueled gigantic riots targeting the left and African Americans, most famously at Peekskill, but also in major cities like Pittsburgh and Chicago