Frye Gaillard, writer in residence at the University of South Alabama, has written extensively on southern race relations, politics and culture. He is former Southern Editor at The Charlotte Observer, where he covered Charlotte’s landmark school desegregation controversy, the ill-fated ministry of televangelist Jim Bakker, the funeral of Elvis Presley, and the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Gaillard has written or edited more than twenty books, and his award-winning titles include the following: Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America; The Dream Long Deferred: The Landmark Struggle for Desegregation in Charlotte, North Carolina; Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music; If I Were a Carpenter: Twenty Years of Habitat for Humanity; Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy; and As Long As the Waters Flow: Native Americans in the South and East. Gaillard now lives on the Alabama Gulf Coast with his wife, Nancy, who teaches in the College of Education at the University of South Alabama.
“For some years now, Frye Gaillard has examined a changing South in its large and in its small parts…. His reporting has taken on the nature of a narrative as rich and textured as the region itself.”
-- Bill Kovach, former editor of The Atlanta Constitution and Curator of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Public Appearances – Recent and Upcoming
December 8: Pensacola Civil War Round Table, Journey to the Wilderness
December 3: Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum, Georgiana, AL, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
November 11: Fort Blakeley State Park, Journey to the Wilderness
October 26: University of South Alabama, “Diversity Conversation”
October 25: Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
October 21: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 18: Lawrence County (AL) Historical Society, Journey to the Wilderness
October 16: University of Alabama, Journalists for Diversity conference
October 14: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 11: Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
October 10: (afternoon) Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Journey to the Wilderness
October 10: (morning) Viva NashVegas Live Radio, Franklin, TN, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant and George Hamilton V
October 6: Huntsville Public Library, Journey to the Wilderness
September 13: Hemingbough Center, St. Francisville, LA, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 11: Alabama Contemporary Arts Center, Mobile, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 8: University of South Alabama honors class, Journey to the Wilderness
September 3: Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, “Remembering America’s War in Vietnam”
September 1: University of South Alabama Common Read Program, campus reading from Cradle of Freedom
August 29: Museum of the Confederacy, Appomattox, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 28: American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 26: Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama, opening of documentary photography exhibition of Selma to Montgomery photos by the late Spider Martin, Cradle of Freedom
August 24: Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, school resegregation panel with Amy Hawn Nelson and Sam Fulwood, The Dream Long Deferred
August 23: Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, Charlotte, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
August 17: University of South Alabama Freshman Convocation, Common Read address, Cradle of Freedom
August 5: (evening) Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, Journey to the Wilderness
August 5: (morning) Alabama State University, civil rights panel, Cradle of Freedom
July 21: Cloverdale Playhouse, Montgomery, cameo reading from Journey to the Wilderness, with songwriters Davis Raines, Pamela Jackson, and Bob Corley
June 30: Opelika Center for the Performing Arts, Watermelon Wine, with Davis Raines and Pamela Jackson
June 17: Atlanta History Center, Journey to the Wilderness
June 6: Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN, Vince Matthews event with reading from Watermelon Wine: Remembering the Golden Years of Country Music
May 23: The Listening Room, Mobile, AL, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 17: Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 12: Cannon County Library, Woodbury, TN, Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Americana Music
May 5: Public School Forum, Charlotte, NC, The Dream Long Deferred
April 24: Alabama Writers Symposium, Monroeville, AL, Journey to the Wilderness with Steven Trout, and “Mockingbird” with songwriter Davis Raines
December 3: Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum, Georgiana, AL, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
November 11: Fort Blakeley State Park, Journey to the Wilderness
October 26: University of South Alabama, “Diversity Conversation”
October 25: Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
October 21: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 18: Lawrence County (AL) Historical Society, Journey to the Wilderness
October 16: University of Alabama, Journalists for Diversity conference
October 14: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 11: Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
October 10: (afternoon) Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Journey to the Wilderness
October 10: (morning) Viva NashVegas Live Radio, Franklin, TN, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant and George Hamilton V
October 6: Huntsville Public Library, Journey to the Wilderness
September 13: Hemingbough Center, St. Francisville, LA, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 11: Alabama Contemporary Arts Center, Mobile, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 8: University of South Alabama honors class, Journey to the Wilderness
September 3: Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, “Remembering America’s War in Vietnam”
September 1: University of South Alabama Common Read Program, campus reading from Cradle of Freedom
August 29: Museum of the Confederacy, Appomattox, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 28: American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 26: Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama, opening of documentary photography exhibition of Selma to Montgomery photos by the late Spider Martin, Cradle of Freedom
August 24: Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, school resegregation panel with Amy Hawn Nelson and Sam Fulwood, The Dream Long Deferred
August 23: Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, Charlotte, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
August 17: University of South Alabama Freshman Convocation, Common Read address, Cradle of Freedom
August 5: (evening) Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, Journey to the Wilderness
August 5: (morning) Alabama State University, civil rights panel, Cradle of Freedom
July 21: Cloverdale Playhouse, Montgomery, cameo reading from Journey to the Wilderness, with songwriters Davis Raines, Pamela Jackson, and Bob Corley
June 30: Opelika Center for the Performing Arts, Watermelon Wine, with Davis Raines and Pamela Jackson
June 17: Atlanta History Center, Journey to the Wilderness
June 6: Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN, Vince Matthews event with reading from Watermelon Wine: Remembering the Golden Years of Country Music
May 23: The Listening Room, Mobile, AL, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 17: Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 12: Cannon County Library, Woodbury, TN, Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Americana Music
May 5: Public School Forum, Charlotte, NC, The Dream Long Deferred
April 24: Alabama Writers Symposium, Monroeville, AL, Journey to the Wilderness with Steven Trout, and “Mockingbird” with songwriter Davis Raines
April 23: April 1865 Society, Selma, AL, Journey to the Wilderness
April 18: The Listening Room, Mobile, Watermelon Wine and The Quilt, with Anne E. DeChant and Kathryn Scheldt
April 17: NewSouth Book Store, Montgomery, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E. DeChant
April 16: Moonlight on the Mountain, Birmingham, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music," with Anne E. DeChant, Kathryn Scheldt, and Larry Mitchell
April 15: Southern Ale House, Tuscaloosa, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E. DeChant and Jennifer Horne
April 14: Ephesus Public Library, Roopville, GA, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E. DeChant
April 12: Huntsville Literary Association, Huntsville, AL, The Books That Mattered
April 10: Fowl River Women’s Association, Theodore, AL, Journey to the Wilderness
April 9: Alabama Historical Association annual meeting, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
April 6: Civil War Symposium, Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, Journey to the Wilderness
April 2: Odyssey continuing education class, University of South Alabama, The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s Memoir
Mar. 27: University of South Alabama Continuing Eduation discussion, Journey to the Wilderness, with Steven Trout
Mar. 22: Hoover, AL Public Library, The Quilt and the Poetry of Southern Music, with Anne E. DeChant
Mar. 19: Atlanta History Center, http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/calendar-list, Journey to the Wilderness
Mar. 15: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery, http://uumontgomery.org, Journey to the Wilderness
Mar. 13: Alabama College English Teachers’ Association, Keynote Address for annual conference
Mar. 11: History Museum of Mobile, http://museumofmobile.com/, Learning Lunch, Journey to the WildernessFeb. 28: Page & Palette Book Store, Fairhope, AL, 1 p.m., Coffee Shop Conversation with award-winning author Sene Jeter Naslund
Feb. 26: Mobile Public Library, 6:30 p.m., discussion of
civil rights memoir, Better Than Them, by
S. M. Otts, for which Frye Gaillard wrote Introduction
Feb. 24: Bevill State Community College, Jasper, AL, 3:30
p.m., The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s
Memoir
Feb. 19: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., civil rights panel
discussion with former New York Times editor,
Howell Raines
Feb. 11: Columbus, MS Public Library, 11:30 a.m., “Table
Talk” discussion of The Books That
Mattered
Feb. 7: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., panel tribute to documentary photographer Spider Martin
Feb. 7: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., panel tribute to documentary photographer Spider Martin
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