jim mcpherson served as president of the society of historians and american historical association. he contributed a slew of important laws, published books, journals, essays, written introductions to numerous published works. both for cause and comrades and tried by war. abraham lincoln as commander in chief won the lincoln prize. among the many things that distinguished mcpherson s career is relevance of his work as we struggle not to only understand civil war and reconstruction but our own times. his dissertation and first book, struggle for equality 1964 appeared during the heroic years of the civil rights movement, during a time that his advisers termed the second reconstruction. in both reconstructions, northern activists went south to work for racial justice and were accused of doing so for less than noble reasons. before mcpherson s work, they argued that absent ligsists were motivated by status, greed and other unflattering factors. mcpherson showed many during civil
george henry davis 86 professor of american history emeritus. jim mcpherson served on the society of history sans and american historical association. he contributed a slew of important laws, published books, journals, essays, written introductions to numerous published works. both for cause and comrades and tried by war. abraham lincoln as commander in chief won the lincoln prize. among the many things that distinguished mcpherson s career is relevance of his work as we struggle not to only understand civil war and reconstruction but our own times. his dissertation and first book, struggle for equality 1964 and during the heroic years of the civil rights movement during a time that his advisers termed the second reconstruction. both reconstructions, northern activists went south to work for racial justice and were accused of doing so for less than noble reasons. before argued they were motivated by status, greed, other unflattering factors. mcpherson showed many during civil