May 22, 2026
Southern Historian Jack Bass died Thursday, April 23, 2026. As we remember Professor Bass, we are proud to present these video productions fresh from the ETV Tape Vault.
Remembering Jack Bass | ETV Classics
The Orangeburg Massacre: Remembrances & Reckoning (2018) | ETV Classics
This SCETV special commemorates the 50th anniversary of The Orangeburg Massacre. Survivors, participants and officials share their remembrances and struggle to provide some sense of reckoning and hopes for closure. Jack Bass is a featured member of the panel of participants. Additional content is available below the video.
Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina (2008) ETV Classics
Martha Alewine takes us on a Literary Tour of South Carolina where we meet noted author Jack Bass. Produced in 2008 for Instructional Television for the South Carolina Department of Education, Professor Bass provides writing hints necessary to become a successful, readable author.
Jack Bass | University Forum (1978) | ETV Classics
Jack Bass, democratic nominee, U.S. House 2nd District is interviewed about his campaign. Dr. Blachman noted that as a journalist, Jack Bass has covered numerous campaigns and written the book The Transformation of Southern Politics, and he asked if Bass still felt the same way about Southern politics as when he wrote the book.
Additional Content
- Journalist in Space (1986) Carolina Journal Marking the agency’s second major project to involve non-astronauts in spaceflight, NASA aimed to send a civilian journalist into orbit. Follow along in this episode of Carolina Journal as Tom Fowler hosts Jack Bass, a member of NASA’s Journalist-In Space project.
- Orangeburg Massacre - The Big Picture, Part 5. Please note: The links to all 6 segments of The Big Picture: The Orangeburg Massacre are available below the introductory story on Knowitall.org.
Side Notes
- Renowned Southern Historian Jack Bass Dies Thursday at 91.
- Southern Academy of Authors: Jack Bass. Jack Bass is the author or co-author of eight nonfiction books about the American South. His works have focused on Southern politics, race relations, and the role of law in shaping the civil rights era. He was professor Emeritus of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston.
- Books by Jack Bass (author of Unlikely Heroes: The Judges that Made Brown Work.)
- Elements of Style by William Stunk, Jr., and E.B. White. This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is on promoting a plain English style. This little book can help you communicate more effectively by showing you how to enliven your sentences.
