C. Vann Woodward

C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999) was a pioneering American historian and Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University, renowned for his definitive interpretations of the American South, race relations, and the post-Civil War era. His influential works, including 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow' and 'Mary Chesnut’s Civil War,' earned him the Pulitzer Prize and reshaped the nation's understanding of southern history and the civil rights movement.