James McBride Dabbs
James McBride Dabbs, born in 1896 in Mayesville, graduated from the University of South Carolina and did graduate study at Clark University and Columbia University. He was a teacher at USC and Coker College and headed the Coker English Department from 1925-1937. He was a farmer throughout his life, and his concerns for personal, community, and regional relations led him to assume many civic and community posts, among them the South Carolina Council on Human Relations, the Southern Regional Council, Penn Community Services, and the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen.
His writings expressed his strong, outspoken belief in brotherhood, racial harmony, and the power of religion in shaping character. His books include The Southern Heritage (1965), Who Speaks for the South? (1964), Civil Rights in Recent Southern Fiction (1969), and his posthumously released spiritual autobiography, Haunted by God (1972). He also contributed essays to such collections as The Lasting South and We Dissent. He died in 1970.
His writings expressed his strong, outspoken belief in brotherhood, racial harmony, and the power of religion in shaping character. His books include The Southern Heritage (1965), Who Speaks for the South? (1964), Civil Rights in Recent Southern Fiction (1969), and his posthumously released spiritual autobiography, Haunted by God (1972). He also contributed essays to such collections as The Lasting South and We Dissent. He died in 1970.
