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First Name
Hayden
Last Name
McDaniel
Affiliation
Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Keywords
20th century U.S. South, political history, agricultural history, policy history, public and oral history, museum education, National History Day, consumer behavior, peanuts
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About Me

Hayden McDaniel received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi (2019) and is currently an Education Curator at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.  Her dissertation research focused on post-World War II agricultural policy, specifically on changes to the southern peanut industry.  Hayden is interested in southern politics, public history education, oral history, and civil rights. Her next project focuses on the life and activism of eminent civil rights lawyer, Orzell Billingsley, and the nexus of his work and Black rural landownership.

Recent Publications
Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century
Expertise by Topic
Food History, Libraries & Archives, Local & Regional, Museums, Politics, Public History, Race, Rural & Agrarian History, Women