Madison Jones (born March 21, 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an award-winning American author, who frequently wrote about the culture of the American South, including race relations and the Civil War. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South In additional to writing, he taught English and History courses at Miami University (Ohio), University of Tennessee, and Auburn University before retiring in 1987. Miami University (colloquially and incorrectly referred to as Miami of Ohio for clarification purposes is a Coeducational Public university founded in 1809 The University of Tennessee (also known as UT) sometimes called the University of Tennessee Knoxville ( UT Knoxville, or UTK) is the flagship Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a State university located in Auburn, Alabama, U Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)