The Pop History Dig is a content-rich destination website dedicated to public education on the history, politics, and business of popular culture, media, and entertainment. The site covers topics ranging from celebrity advertising and film history to presidential politics, television history, sports biography, and more.

One of the site’s topical areas includes civil rights history in music, publishing, television and other cultural venues, as well as civil rights politics. Stories that have appeared at the site so far date from the 1930s through the 1960s. A sampling of some of those stories include the following:

“Rockwell & Race, 1963-1968,” (Norman Rockwell, civil rights & magazine cover art), PopHistoryDig.com, September 23, 2011.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=9780

“Only A Pawn in Their Game, 1962-1964"( Bob Dylan’s Medgar Evans song & other civil rights music, w/video link ), PopHistoryDig.com, October 13, 2008.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=654

"Strange Fruit, 1939" ( Billie Holiday song history & bio ), PopHistoryDig.com, March 7, 2011.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=8414

“Motown’s Heat Wave, 1963-1966"( pop music history, 1960s, “Dancing in the Streets”), PopHistoryDig. com, November 7, 2009.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=4101

“Reese & Robbie, 1945-2005" (Brooklyn baseball statue of Jackie Robinson & Pee Wee Reese), PopHistoryDig.com, June 29, 2011.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=9138

“When Harry Met Petula, April 1968”(television, music & civil rights history), PopHistoryDig.com, February 7, 2009.
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=850

Pop History Dig stories currently appear on the first & second Google search-results pages, given relevant queries. In recent months the site has attracted visitors from more than 6,000 cities in at least 150 countries, including social historians, media analysts, and academic researchers who find it a credible and useful source on the history and power of contemporary culture.

The site is currently free & open to all users, but that could change without improved financial prospects. As owner/author of the site I am open to possible academic and/or institute-type affiliations or related research/teaching opportunities that might be found at colleges, universities, foundations, media & news organizations, or other venues. I am currently seeking financial and technical assistance to broaden the site’s base and also offer a consulting research service. If you have any suggestions, can offer assistance, or know of persons or organizations that can be helpful, please contact me at the e-mail address or phone number below. Thank you.