Chester M. Morgan

Chester M. "Bo" Morgan III is an American historian.

Life
He graduated from University of Southern Mississippi, with a BA and M.A. in 1974, and Memphis State University, with a Ph.D. in history in 1982. He was director of the oral history program and assistant professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi.

He taught at Delta State University.

He returned to the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of 2009 as Professor and University Historian, and is currently finishing a Centennial History of the university.

Awards

 * 1986 Frederick Jackson Turner Award, for Redneck Liberal

Works

 * From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
 * From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
 * From Poverty to Promise: Mississippi 1917–1945, Mississippi Department of Archives and History