QL6: The Dr. Trevon Logan Interview
In this episode economics professor and research associate Dr. Trevon Logan discusses his National Bureau of Economic Research academic paper, Do Black Politicians Matter?
Summary
Episode Length
1:08:16
Topics Covered
20
References Made
16
Topics Discussed
Dr. Trevon Logan on becoming a professor
In part 1 Dr. Logan discusses his motivation for becoming a professor in economics and why he specializes in demography
Dr. Trevon Logan on reconstruction
In part 2 Dr. Logan explains his usage of words opposition and resistance in relation to the behavior of white people during the civil war, reconstruction and redemption eras within the context of his academic paper, Do Black Politicians Matter?
Dr. Trevon Logan on data analysis
In part 3 Dr. Logan explains the importance of using other quantitative methods in addition to regression analysis when attempting to understand the past and measure the effects of a problem
Dr. Trevon Logan on racial opposition
In part 4 Dr. Logan discusses if the replacement of the word(s) opposition and resistance with racism or white supremacy would be accurate ways of describing the actions of white people during the civil war, reconstruction and redemption eras within the context of his academic paper, Do Black Politicians Matter?
Dr. Trevon Logan on racial confusion
In part 5 Dr. Logan discusses if white people or nonwhite black people were more confused about racism during the civil war, reconstruction and redemption eras.
Dr. Trevon Logan on the purpose of his research
In part 6 Dr. Logan explains the problem he was attempting to solve by researching and producing his academic paper, Do Black Politicians Matter?
Dr. Trevon Logan on black politicians
In part 7 Dr. Logan describes the two major issues that most black politicians focused on during the reconstruction and redemption eras.
Dr. Trevon Logan on land redistribution
In part 8 Dr. Logan explains if black politicians during reconstruction/redemption were pushing for land redistribution or access to markets to purchase land that may be seized by local governments from white landowners who refuse to pay property taxes in counties with black politicians
Dr. Trevon Logan on property taxes during reconstruction
In part 9 Dr. Logan discusses a fundamental flaw in black politician’s push for the ability to purchase sized land from local governments due to nonpayment of property taxes during reconstruction.
Dr. Trevon Logan on purpose of studying black politicians
In part 10 Dr. Logan explains the problem he was attempting to solve by researching and producing his academic paper, Do Black Politicians Matter?
Dr. Trevon Logan on black politicians during reconstruction
In part 11 Dr. Logan describes the two major issues that most black politicians focused on during the reconstruction and redemption eras.
Dr. Trevon Logan on redistribution
In part 12 Dr. Logan explains if black politicians during reconstruction/redemption were pushing for land redistribution or access to markets to purchase land that may be seized by local governments from white landowners who refuse to pay property taxes in counties with black politicians
Dr. Trevon Logan on capital
In part 13 Dr. Logan discusses a fundamental flaw in black politician’s push for the ability to purchase sized land from local governments due to nonpayment of property taxes during reconstruction.
Dr. Trevon Logan on subversion
In part 14 Dr. Logan discusses the 1871 Charleston chamber of commerce resolution that advised its members to stop paying taxes to subvert the efforts black politicians
Dr. Trevon Logan on fiscal conservatism
In part 15 Dr. Logan discusses how white politicians used fiscal conservativism to avoid funding the public-school system during reconstruction.
Dr. Trevon Logan on black freedman pre civil war
In part 16 Dr. Logan discusses why free black people in 1860 (pre civil war) had negligible amounts political capital or influence
Dr. Logan on black freedman post civil war
In part 17 Dr. Logan discusses after how after the civil war some free blacks sought political access at the expense of freedmen and only sought racial solidarity after southern white showed resistance to any form of black enfranchisement
Dr. Logan on black literacy improvements
In part 18 Dr. Logan discusses literacy improvements for both black and white people during reconstruction in counties in which there were black politicians
Dr. Logan on tenant farming
In part 19 Dr. Logan explains the difference between tenant farming and share cropping
Dr. Logan on reparations
In part 20 Dr. Logan discusses reparations for American descendants of slaves
References/resources mentioned
Dr. Logan
Distinctively Black Names in the American Past
The Mortality Consequences of Distinctively Black Names
Twitter: @TrevonDLogan
W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880
Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence
Host
Charleston Chamber of Commerce resolution 1871
Former Texas Governor, Oran Milo Roberts
National Bureau of Economic Research
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
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