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James N. (James Noble) Gregory
A leading historian of migration, labor, race, and social movements in the United States, he has spent decades showing how ordinary people reshaped modern America. His books and digital public-history projects bring big historical change into clear human focus.
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Fort Concho: Its Why and Wherefore
by James N. (James Noble) Gregory
About the author
James N. Gregory is a professor of history at the University of Washington, where his work has focused on 20th-century United States history, especially migration, labor, race, regionalism, and civil rights. University of Washington profiles also note his leadership roles in labor studies and public history, including work with the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and major digital history projects.
He is widely known for books such as American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California and The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America. Across this work, he explores how large movements of people changed politics, culture, and everyday life in the United States.
Gregory has also helped make history accessible beyond the classroom. He directed projects such as Mapping American Social Movements and the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, combining scholarship, archives, and digital tools to show how grassroots activism shaped the American past.