Today I met with Dr. Fountain from Meredith University and discussed his experiences of being a historian. Dr. Fountain grew up in Florida being involved with the church and the ideals of the Confederacy. He went to college under the pressure from his family to become a pastor but realized it wasn’t the right place for him. He took his interest in discovering new information and knowledge to become a history major. He continued his love for religion to focus on religion in slave communities and the different interactions between them. He wanted to bring to light the struggles and hardships experienced by enslaved people and how they used religion to cope and resist. Dr. Fountain gave me a lot of insightful information about getting into college and eventually grad school. He told me a story about how he was denied from his dream school – Kentucky- because he didn’t research the professors there. Dr. Fountain was one of my favorite historians to talk to and I look forward to catching up with him soon.