Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1995) Winner
John Egerton
ジョン・エガートン
John Egerton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-06-14 （Atlanta, Georgia, United States）
- Died
- 2013-11-21 （Nashville, Tennessee, United States） age 78
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cadiz, Kentucky, United States → Atlanta, Georgia, United States → Tampa, Florida, United States → Nashville, Tennessee, United States → Austin, Texas, United States
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author, editor, lecturer
- Active Years
- 1958-2013
- Affiliations
- Southern Foodways Alliance (founding member), Southern Regional Council (contributor), University of South Florida (Director of Public Information), The Tennessean (senior correspondent), Atlanta Journal-Constitution (syndicated food column)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trigg County High School | — | — | — | 〜1953 | United States |
| Western Kentucky University (attended) | — | — | — | 1953–1954 | United States |
| University of Kentucky | — | — | B.A. | 1954–1958 | United States |
| University of Kentucky (graduate) | — | — | M.A. | 1958–1960 | United States |
Trigg County High School
Period:
〜1953
Year of Graduation:
1953
Country:
United States
Graduated high school
Western Kentucky University (attended)
Period:
1953–1954
Country:
United States
Attended 1953–54; degree not recorded
University of Kentucky
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1954–1958
Year of Graduation:
1958
Country:
United States
Earned B.A. degree
University of Kentucky (graduate)
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1958–1960
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
United States
Earned M.A. degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Robert F. Kennedy Book Award | Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation before the Civil Rights Movement in the South | — | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights | winner |
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
Work:
Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation before the Civil Rights Movement in the South
Organization:
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1995) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Mind to Stay Here
1970 non-fictionA collection of nonfiction essays examining Southern society and regional identity.
Southern culturesocial analysis
Black Public Colleges: Integration and Disintegration
1971 education history / social historyA study on the integration and disintegration of black public colleges.
educationrace relations
Visions of Utopia: Nashoba, Rugby, Ruskin, and the "New Communities" in Tennessee's Past
1977 historyExamines historical examples of utopian communities in Tennessee.
communitiesutopiaregional history
Generations: An American Family
1983 family history / non-fictionCharts the history of an American family across generations to reflect social change.
family historysocial change
Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History
1987 food writing / cultural historyA study of Southern foodways in historical and social context; coedited work.
food cultureSouthern studiesrace and class
Shades of Gray: Dispatches from the Modern South
1991 essays / non-fictionEssay collection addressing social and cultural issues in the modern South.
Southern culturesocial issues
Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation before the Civil Rights Movement in the South
1994 social history / civil rights historyExplores the generation before the Civil Rights Movement in the South, examining its antecedents.
pre-Civil Rights historyrace relationsSouthern society
Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves
2006 contemporary fableA contemporary fable written by the author.
fablesatire
Bibliography
- A Mind to Stay Here (1970)
- Black Public Colleges: Integration and Disintegration (1971)
- Visions of Utopia (1977)
- Nashville: The Faces of Two Centuries, 1780-1980 (1979)
- Generations: An American Family (1983; 2003, 20th anniversary edition)
- Nissan in Tennessee (with Dana Thomas, 1983)
- Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History (coedited; 1987, reprint 1993)
- Side Orders: Small Helpings of Southern Cookery and Culture (1990)
- Shades of Gray: Dispatches from the Modern South (1991)
- Speak Now Against the Day (1994)
- Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves (2006)
- Possum on Terrace (unpublished manuscript, 1987)
- Other edited volumes and numerous contributions
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- investigative non-fictionessayistic analysiscultural-historical narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Southern culturefoodrace relationseducation and desegregationcommunity change
Legacy
John Egerton is regarded as a journalist and author who carefully documented Southern culture, especially foodways and the history of the civil rights era. He helped found the Southern Foodways Alliance in 1999; the organization's John Egerton Prize recognizes work addressing race, class, gender, and environmental justice through the lens of food.
Academic Societies
- Southern Foodways Alliance
Archives
- The John Egerton Papers, Vanderbilt University Special Collections
- John W. Egerton Papers at the University of South Florida (digitized portion and finding aid)
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in documentaries about the Civil Rights Movement such as PBS's American Experience
Trivia
- He was one of the founding members of the Southern Foodways Alliance.
- Speak Now Against the Day (1994) won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (year not specified in source).
- Authored or edited approximately twenty non-fiction books and one contemporary fable.
- Died in 2013 at his home in Nashville after suffering a heart attack.