Paul M. GASTON
1928 - -
Name Paul M. GASTON Birth 1928 Alabama 
[1] Gender Male Census 1930 Fairhope, Baldwin Co, AL Residence Charlottesville, VA Occupation Professor Emeritus, U.S. South and Civil Rights, University of Virginia Notes - Paul M. Gaston is the grandson of E. B. Gaston, the founder of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, and Professor of History Emeritus in the University of Virginia. He joined the faculty in 1957, and taught in the Corcoran Department of History until his retirement in 1997. His special interests are Southern History, the American Civil Rights Movement, and the South African liberation struggle. He was president of the Southern Regional Council from 1984-88 and has been a member of its executive committee since 1974.
Education: B.A. Swarthmore; Diploma, University of Copenhagen 1953; M.A. University of North Carolina 1955; Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1961
Selected books by Paul M Gaston:
The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking (Knopf, 1970)
Women of Fair Hope (Georgia, 1984)
Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony (Black Belt, 1993)
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Person ID I56649 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 15 Mar 2009
Father Cornelius Alonzo GASTON, b. 29 Oct 1891, Iowa d. Apr 1982 (Age 90 years)Mother Margaret NICHOLS, b. CA 1900, Tennessee Family ID F20783 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Paul M. Gaston is the grandson of E. B. Gaston, the founder of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, and Professor of History Emeritus in the University of Virginia. He joined the faculty in 1957, and taught in the Corcoran Department of History until his retirement in 1997. His special interests are Southern History, the American Civil Rights Movement, and the South African liberation struggle. He was president of the Southern Regional Council from 1984-88 and has been a member of its executive committee since 1974.
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Sources - [S1898] 1930 Census.
- [S1898] 1930 Census.