Thinking on the Thesis

With only 3 credit hours down, I am beginning to think about my thesis. This appears to be a bit tricky. I have to find a faculty member willing to guide me through the process. My interest is in 20th century American history, particularly the post-World War II era. The problem is that the guy who had been the 20th century American specialist recently retired. They are searching for a new one.

I have always been interested in political history, but my interest has recently been trending toward social history, specifically integration.

One area of integration that has piqued my interest is the role of the Church in integration, either with helping or hindering. In the Church of the Nazarene, there was a drive to integration beginning in the late 1940s. The Church of the Nazarene formed the Gulf Central District, which was made up exclusively of black churches in the Old South.

I would love to investigate this further to see how and why this was attempted.