BROWDER, JOHN GLEN, 1943-

Biography:

University professor, state legislator, U.S. Congressman.  Born– January 15, 1943, Sumter, S.C. Parents– Archie Calvin and Ila (Frierson) Browder. Married– Sara Rebecca Moore, February 4, 1967. Children– One. Education– Presbyterian College (SC) B.A., 1965; Emory University, M.A., Ph.D., 1971. Taught political science at Jacksonville State University, 1971-87; head of Data Associates (Polling firm), 1978-87.  Elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, 1982; Alabama Secretary of State, 1987-89; U.S. House of Representatives, 1989-97. Ran unsuccessfully for U.S.Senate, 1996. Taught at Naval Postgraduate School and at Jacksonville State after leaving the House.  Retired from JSU, 2005.

Source:

Glen Browder.

Publications;

The Future of American Democracy:  A former Congressman’s Unconventional Analysis.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 2002.

The South’s New Racial Politics:  Inside the Race Game of Southern History.  Montgomery:  NewSouth Books, 2009.

Joint_Publications;

Stealth Reconstruction; The untold story of racial politics in recent Southern History.  Montgomery: NewSouth, 2010.

Joint_Editor;

Civics and Law in State and Nation.  Woodville, AL:  Viewpoint Publications, 1986.

Papers:

The papers of Glen Browder are held by the library at Jacksonville State University.