S. Jonathan Bass
Samford University
Professor
Howard College of Arts and Sciences
History
301 Burns Hall
Fairfield, Ala., native S. Jonathan Bass holds a BS, MA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and his PhD from the University of Tennessee. He joined Samford's faculty in 1997. His book, Blessed are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight white religious leaders and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Degrees and Certifications
- BA, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- MA, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- PhD, The University of Tennessee
Expertise
- Recent America and South
- Civil Rights
- Alabama
- Legal History