J Marcos ReynoldsJ. Marcos Reynolds is a historian whose work focuses on issues of race and class in twentieth-century America. His dissertation, System of Indebtedness, focused on wage garnishment during the mid-twentieth-century and analyzed issues of debt collectin and credit abuse in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s. Reynolds has also written a number of articles and given presentations at conferences on issues of civil rights and the history of Illinois. He earned his PhD in 2018 from Northern Illinois University and his master's and bachelor's degrees in history from the University of Illinois. Reynolds previously worked for the National Park Service at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois, and has a strong dedication to public history. He was born in Guatemala, raised in central Illinois and now resides in Chicago. Read More Read Less