Some of my current research is focused on investigating the impact of the 1918 pandemic in communities along an extended corridor stretching from Baltimore to Philadelphia. This work has or will take me to cities and counties along I-95, as well as jurisdictions near this region. In the summer of 2019, before the novel coronavirus…
Dixon Steps Down as Volunteer Trumpet Editor
For nine years, I have served as the editor of the Maryland State Firemen’s Association (MSFA) newsletter, The Volunteer Trumpet. But the summer 2020 issue, which usually coincides with the annual firefighters’ convention in Ocean City, is my last number as I step down as editor. I am pleased during this nearly ten-year term to…
Dixon Promoted to Adjunct Assistant Professor
Wilmington University recently acknowledged Mike Dixon’s work as a scholar-practitioner with a promotion to Adjunct Assistant Professor. Promotion in academic rank takes into consideration the quality of classroom engagement and scholarly contributions to the professor’s discipline. He teaches history and humanities courses in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mike focuses on social…
LaMonte Cooke Got His Start in the Old Days as a Rookie Kent County Deputy.
When 25-year-old LaMonte Cooke, a Philadelphian, joined the Kent County Sheriff’s Office in 1975, the entire seven-man force was white. “The day I interviewed for the deputy’s job with Sheriff Bartus Vickers, he had four questions for me. He wanted to know if I voted, what my party affiliation was, how well I got along…