Alwyn Barr
Chester Alwyn Barr, Jr. (born January 18, 1938) is an American historian who specializes in African American studies, the American South, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction. He is a professor emeritus and former chairman of the history department at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.Barr was the only child of Chester A. Barr, Sr. (1885-1973), a native of Austin, and the former Wilma Matlock (1905-1987). Barr received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), Master of Arts (1961), and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1969.
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