John Herbert Roper, Sr., is the Richardson Professor of American History at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He is the author of five volumes of southern history, includin...view moreJohn Herbert Roper, Sr., is the Richardson Professor of American History at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He is the author of five volumes of southern history, including the biographies C. Vann Woodward, Southerner and U. B. Phillips: A Southern Mind.view less