Larry Rivers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
678-839-6038
lrivers@w estga.edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 3220
Fields of Study: African American Religion; Civil Rights Movement; United States, 1945-present
- B.A., Public Relations, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, 2004
- M.A., History, Vanderbilt University, 2006
- Ph.D., History, Vanderbilt University, 2010
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865))
- HIST-3362 (African-Amer History to 1865)
- HIST-3363 (African-Amer History Snc 1865)
- HIST-4469 (The Civil Rights Movement)
- HIST-4485 (African American Religion)
- HIST-5469 (The Civil Rights Movement)
- HIST-5485 (African American Religion)
- HIST-6283 (Continuing Research)
- HIST-6481 (Topics in AA History)
- HIST-6687 (HIstory of Hip Hop)
- HIST-6699 (Thesis)
Fall 2023 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 91 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 92 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3363 (African-Amer History Snc 1865) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 08 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3362 (African-Amer History to 1865) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- HIST-6283 (Continuing Research) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 01
Fall 2019 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 16
- HIST-3363 (African-Amer History Snc 1865) Section: 10
Summer 2019 Sections
- HIST-6481 (Topics in AA History) Section: E01
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: E02
Spring 2019 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 06
- HIST-4469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: 01
- HIST-5469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: 01
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: 01
Fall 2018 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: LBX
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: LB2
- HIST-3362 (African-Amer History to 1865) Section: 01
Summer 2018 Sections
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: E02
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: E03
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: E04
Spring 2018 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 03
- HIST-6687 (HIstory of Hip Hop) Section: 02
Fall 2017 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: L2B
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: LXB
- HIST-4485 (African American Religion) Section: 03
- HIST-5485 (African American Religion) Section: 03
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: 03
Spring 2017 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 09
- HIST-4469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: 02
- HIST-5469 (The Civil Rights Movement) Section: 02
Fall 2016 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: L2B
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: LXB
- HIST-3362 (African-Amer History to 1865) Section: 01
Fall 2015 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: LXB
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: L2B
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 12
- HIST-3363 (African-Amer History Snc 1865) Section: 01
Summer 2015 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 01
Spring 2015 Sections
- HIST-2112 (U S History II (since 1865)) Section: 01
- HIST-4485 (African American Religion) Section: 01
“Militant Reconciling Love”: Howard University’s Rankin Network and Martin Luther King, Jr., Journal of African American History 99 (Summer 2014).
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”: Virgil Darnell Hawkins’s Early Life and Entry into the Civil Rights Struggle, Florida Historical Quarterly 86 (Winter 2008).
Florida’s Black Heritage, an introduction to the Florida Black Heritage Trail Magazine, published by the Florida Department of State, 2002.
The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law, 1949-2000, a book published by the Florida A&M University Foundation, Inc., 2000.
“They…Exalt Humbug at the Expense of Science and Truth”: Dr. John P. Wall and the Fight Against Yellow Fever in Late-Nineteenth Century Florida, a research article in The Sunland Tribune: Journal of the Tampa Historical Society, 1999.