ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book was produced by Manly, Inc.

Production coordinator is James W. Hipp. Photography editor is Bruce Andrew Bowlin. Photographic copy work was performed by Joseph M. Bruccoli. Layout and graphics supervisor is Penney L. Haughton. Copyediting supervisor is Laurel M. Gladden. Typesetting supervisor is Kathleen M. Flanagan. Systems manager is George F. Dodge. Julie E. Frick is editorial associate. The production staff includes Phyllis A. Avant, Ann M. Cheschi, Patricia Coate, Denise W. Edwards, Joyce Fowler, Stephanie C. Hatchell, Margaret Meriwether, Kathy Lawler Merlette, Jeff Miller, Pamela D. Norton, Laura S. Pleicones, Emily R. Sharpe, William L. Thomas Jr., and Allison Trussell.

Walter W. Ross and Robert S. McConnell did library research. They were assisted by the following librarians at the Thomas Cooper Library of the University of South Carolina: Linda Holderfield and the interlibrary-loan staff; reference-department head Virginia Weathers; reference librarians Marilee Birchfield, Stefanie Buck, Cathy Eckman, Rebecca Feind, Jill Holman, Karen Joseph, Jean Rhyne, Kwamine Washington, and Connie Widney, circulation-department head Caroline Taylor; and acquisitions-searching supervisor David Haggard.

Michael L. Lazare contributed to the Sports and Media chapters. Robert W. Trogdon revised sections of the Education chapter and provided the Ernest Hemingway entry for the Arts chapter. Robert Moss provided supplementary material for the Lifestyles and Sports chapters. Devon Boan contributed to the World Events Chronology and provided the Langston Hughes and Harlem Renaissance material for the Arts chapter. Park Bucker, Cy League, and Anthony Perrello performed essential research labors.