Perspectives in History: Volume 13

Contents


Perspectives in History
Vol. XIII, 1997-1998

DEDICATION to H. Lew Wallace
5Frank Steely

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
7Jennifer L. Schmidt

FOREWORD
9Bonnie Wheeler May

ARTICLES
11Mary Boykin Chesnut: Confederate Critic of Slavery
Michael C. C. Adams

25Myths and Realities of the Underground Railroad in Kentucky
Jason S. Taylor

33"To Free The Minds of Our People:" Charles Sherrod and the Civil Rights Movement
Angela L. Brown

39Kentucky Coal Miners' Health and Safety
Gina Brock

47The Sears Discrimination Case: A Study of Grass-roots Activism
Cornelia F. Sexauer

57Mark Rothko: Expanding Boundaries in the 1960s
William J. Landon

65Russian Icons and the Orthodox Church
Walter L. Schneider

REVIEW
71The Autobiography of John P. Parker: Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad,
by Stuart S. Sprague, ed.
review by Shalohm Renay Bentley and Michael Washington

73OFFICERS

75MEMBERS

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