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4/28/95                 Janet McCoy

FLYNT, ATKINS WIN SULZBY AWARD FROM HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

      AUBURN -- Two Auburn University professors who co-authored what 
some have described as the definitive book on Alabama history have been 
awarded the James F. Sulzby Jr., Book Award from the Alabama Historical 
Association.
      Distinguished University Professor Wayne Flynt, a noted Southern 
historian, and Leah Atkins, director of AU's Center for the Arts and 
Humanities and adjunct professor of history, were honored for Alabama: 
History of a Deep South State. 
      The book, co-authored by Flynt; Atkins; William Warren Rogers, a 
professor of history at Florida State University; and Robert David 
Warren, professor emeritus of history at Georgia Southern University, was 
also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
      The Alabama history textbook is the first comprehensive history 
of Alabama in more than 60 years and it has drawn praise for its insight 
and organization.
      The Sulzby award is the highest honor given by the AHA.
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CONTACT: Flynt, 334/844-6650;  and Atkins, 334/844-4946.