Thursday, October 31, 2013

Confederate General Leonidas Polk—Louisiana’s Fighting Bishop

Book talk and signing:  Confederate General Leonidas Polk—Louisiana’s Fighting Bishop by Dr. Cheryl White
Thursday, November 14 at 6 p.m.
Bossier Parish Library Historical Center


A dynamic speaker, Dr.  Cheryl White, Hubert Humphreys professor of history and LSU-Shreveport, will share her character study of a fascinating, paradoxical man, Episcopal Bishop Leonidas Polk. General Polk was a missionary, church-builder and evangelist to slaves right here in Northwest Louisiana as well as a Confederate warrior and slave-owner.

Call Pam Carlisle at 746-7717 for more information

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