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Last published 2025
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Barclay Key

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Western Illinois University (2010)

1 h-index 12 pubs 4 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Barclay Key's research focuses on the history of race, religion, and civil rights in the American South. His scholarly work examines the complex interplay of these factors, particularly within educational institutions and religious communities during the mid-20th century. Key has published scholarship on the periphery of the Civil Rights Movement at Harding College, exploring the racial dynamics and religious influences that shaped the institution between 1945 and 1969. He has also investigated the lives of individuals who played roles in the struggle for racial equality, such as "To Save My Race from Abuse: The Life of Samuel Robert Cassius." His work includes analyses of the Ku Klux Klan's influence in Arkansas and reviews of scholarly works on religious history and civil rights activism.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 12
  • Citations: 4

Positions

  • Associate Professor publications 2025
    University of Arkansas at Little Rock History ORCID

Selected Publications

  • John M. Giggie. <i>Bloody Tuesday: The Untold Story of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa.</i> (2025)
    The American Historical Review DOI OpenAlex

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