Larry Rivers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
678-839-6038
lrivers@westga.edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 3220
Fields of Study: African American Religion; Civil Rights Movement; United States, 1945-present
Dr. Larry O. Rivers is the author of James Hudson: Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights, published by the University Press of Florida in 2024. His professional writings have also appeared in The Florida Historical Quarterly and The Journal of African American History. Additionally, Dr. Rivers has contributed chapters to books published by the University of Georgia Press and the University Press of Florida.
- B.A., Public Relations, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, 2004
- M.A., History, Vanderbilt University, 2006
- Ph.D., History, Vanderbilt University, 2010
Fall 2025 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 02D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 08 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2025 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-6694 (Graduate Student Writing) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 92D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3363 (African-Amer History Snc 1865) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3362 (African-Amer History to 1865) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 91 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 92 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3363 (African-Amer History Snc 1865) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 08 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3362 (African-Amer History to 1865) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
“‘A New Social Awakening’: James Hudson, Florida A. & M. University’s Religious Life Program, and the 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott,” Florida Historical Quarterly 95 (Winter 2017): 325-355.
“The Scourge of Racism: Racism as a Barrier to Human Community” in "Reclaiming the Great World House: The Global Vision of Martin Luther King Jr.," eds. Vicki L. Crawford and Lewis V. Baldwin (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2019), 37-58.
“Cecil Farris Bryant” in "The Governors of Florida: Essays on Florida’s Chief Executives from Jackson to Scott," eds. R. Boyd Murphree and Robert A. Taylor (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2020), 512-526.
"James Hudson: Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights" (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2024)
“Militant Reconciling Love”: Howard University’s Rankin Network and Martin Luther King, Jr., Journal of African American History 99 (Summer 2014).
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”: Virgil Darnell Hawkins’s Early Life and Entry into the Civil Rights Struggle, Florida Historical Quarterly 86 (Winter 2008).