The La Crescent Public Library is THRILLED to host Dr. Christopher Lehman on Saturday, June 29th at 11am at the Community Building. His visit is part of the Minnesota Author Tour.

Christopher P. Lehman is a professor of Ethnic Studies at St. Cloud State University. He has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. His work has appeared in Minnesota History magazine and in periodicals for county-level historical societies throughout Minnesota. His book Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State won the Minnesota Book Award in the Minnesota Nonfiction category in 2020. His newest release It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom chronicles the incredible true story of Eliza Winston, an enslaved woman from Mississippi who found her way to Minnesota and petitioned for her freedom in court in 1860 — and won.

Following the program, there will be a book signing and books will be available for purchase thanks to Pearl Street Books.

This program is sponsored by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the SELCO Library System.