Julius E. Thompson

Dr. Julius Thompson passed away Friday, October 26, 2007. He was Professor of History and Director of the Black Studies Program. Thompson earned his PhD from Princeton University in African American history.

Professor Thompson's research areas were African American History in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a special concentration on the history of the South (and Mississippi); the Black Press; African American literary and social history; Modern Africa, since 1900; and African American Literature, with a major focus on Black poets since 1860.

If you need further information, please contact the Black Studies Program at 573-882-6229. Thank you.

Selected Publications

Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, and the Black Arts Movement in Detroit, 1960-1995. North Carolina: McFarland Publishers, 1999.

The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993.

The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985: A Directory. Connecticutt: Locust Hill Press, 1988.

Hiram R. Revels, 1827-1901: A Biography. New York: Arno Press, 1982.

In addition, Professor Thompson published two volumes of poetry.

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