CHAIR SIDE CHATS with HISTORIANS
History's Local Bounty Revealed: A Freewheeling Personal Conversation
with Polk's Pre-Eminent Historians
Dr. Canter Brown, Jr and Dr. James "Mike" Denham
Florida Southern College's Center for Florida History and the Lakeland History Room at the Lakeland Public Library proudly present a live and provocative give-and-take exchange between these two historians.
With decades of historical research in their portfolio, each has earned high accolades for professional excellence in teaching and writing, including the Florida Historical Society's coveted Rembert Patrick Prize. Individually and together, they have explored sorely neglected and misunderstood corners of Florida's past.
Whether the subject has involved frontier violence, Cracker families, African American accomplishments and legacies, remarkable women, or any other point of interest along the way, Denham and Brown consistently have brought their focus to the human level, often directing specific attention to the Tampa Bay region and, particularly, Polk County.
A question-and-answer format will offer structure to their interaction, but no restrictions have been imposed on our participants as to subject matter or opinion. Join us as we pull back the curtain on our shared, surprising, and sometimes spectacular past.
To submit questions to this teleconference chair-side chat or to learn more about our authors' most-recent works and current projects please send it to LuAnn Mims via email
LuAnn.Mims@lakelandgov.net. or 863.834.4269
[Live Stream| Thursday, November 12 @ 6pm]
Watch live on Spectrum channel 643, FiOS channel 43, www.LakelandGov.net/TV, and www.YouTube.com/LakelandGov.
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