Alwyn Barr, Date of Birth

Alwyn Barr

American historian

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1938

Profession: historian, Texas Tech University

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Chester Alwyn Barr, Jr.
(born January 18, 1938) is an American historian who specializes in African American studies, the American South, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction.
He is a professor emeritus and former chairman of the history department at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Barr was the only child of Chester A.
Barr, Sr.
(1885-1973), a native of Austin, and the former Wilma Matlock (1905-1987).
Barr received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), Master of Arts (1961), and Ph.D.
(1966) from the University of Texas at Austin.
He joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1969.