Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
C. Vann Woodward
Born: November 13, 1908
Died: December 17, 1999 (aged 91)
Bio: Comer Vann Woodward was an American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was considered, along with Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Known for:
- The strange career of Jim Crow (1955)
- Origins of the New South, 1877-1913 (1951)
- Tom Watson (1938)
- The burden of southern history (1960)
- Reunion and reaction (1951)