The Cold War in the American South

Dr. Kari Frederickson is a professor of history and past chair of the department of history at the University of Alabama. She is author of The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 and coeditor of Making Waves: Female Activists in Twentieth-Century Florida. She is also the author of Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South, which is the subject of our conversation today. We’ll also explore her new book, Deep South Dynasty: The Bankheads of Alabama, which was released in November 2021. Dr. Frederickson received her PhD from Rutgers University and her research interests include African-American history, Southern history, and American political history since 1865.