Morgan D. Peoples
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Morgan D. Peoples is pictured in 1971 at historic Jamestown, Virginia, with two members on his educational tour, including Elmeanie H. McCain (1899–1981), a retired teacher from Colfax and later Baton Rouge (right).
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| Born |
February 1, 1919 Guin, Marion County Alabama, USA |
| Died | May 25, 1998 (aged 79) Ruston, Lincoln Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ruston, Louisiana |
| Residence | Ruston, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation |
Historian Professor at Louisiana Tech University |
| Years active | 1965–1985, as professor |
| Spouse(s) | Gwendolyn Sanderson Peoples (married 1943–1998, his death) |
| Children |
Kenneth Morgan Peoples |
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(1) Peoples did not become a college professor until he was forty-six, having spent earlier years as a journalist, in the military, and as a school teacher. (2) Peoples spent nearly two decades researching the life and politics of Governor Earl Kemp Long. |
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Kenneth Morgan Peoples
(1) Peoples did not become a college professor until he was forty-six, having spent earlier years as a journalist, in the military, and as a school teacher.
Morgan Dewey Peoples (February 1, 1919 – May 25, 1998) was a historian who coauthored with Michael L. Kurtz a biography of the Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long. Peoples was a member of the history faculty of Louisiana Tech University at Ruston from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. In 1991, Louisiana Tech honored Peoples with the title of professor emeritus.
Peoples was born and reared in the small town of Guin in Marion County in northwestern Alabama. After his graduation from Guin High School, he worked for the Birmingham Post in Birmingham, Alabama. He then served during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps, the forerunner to the United States Air Force.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern State University (then College) in . He obtained his Master of Arts degree in history from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Thereafter, he taught history in junior or senior high school for fifteen years—in Nashville, Tennessee, Winnsboro, the seat of Franklin Parish, and then Ruston High School. He did not become a professor at Louisiana Tech until he was forty-six and was not required to obtain the terminal degree at that time to remain on the Tech faculty. Yet, he researched prolifically.
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