Paul Gaston

Paul Gaston

Paul Gaston

PAUL M. GASTON (1928-2019) was born and reared in Fairhope, Alabama, about which he has written two books. He is also the author of The New South Creed, winner of the Lillian Smith Award for distinguished writing about the South. He is a past president of the Southern Regional Council and has been a frequent visitor in South Africa, both before and after the fall of apartheid. He has received numerous honors for both his professional work and civil rights leadership, including the outstanding professor award from the Commonwealth of Virginia; bridge builder recognition from the city of Charlottesville; legendary civil rights activist from the NAACP; and community leader, from his alma mater, Swarthmore College.

BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR

Where We Stand Where We Stand
Dixie Redux Dixie Redux
Man and Mission Man and Mission
C. Vann Woodward C. Vann Woodward
New South Creed, The New South Creed, The
Coming of Age in Utopia Coming of Age in Utopia
Women of Fair Hope Women of Fair Hope