The Shadows-on-the-Teche is hosting the Telling the Full History Lecture Series this fall featuring four respected Louisiana historians. This series, which is free to attend, is part of the reinterpretation work the Shadows is currently undergoing to tell a more complete history of the site and the people who lived, worked, and were enslaved on the Weeks family plantations.
Dr. Charles Vincent will present on Saturday, October 16 at 2:00 PM on Reconstruction and Jim Crow history in Louisiana.
Dr. Vincent will speak onsite at the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main Street). There will be limited seating with required reservations. To reserve a space, please contact Shadows at (337) 369-6446. Masks are required for those attending the seating at the Shadows Visitor Center.
The program will also be live-streamed via Facebook and Zoom for those who are unable to attend onsite. We do ask that you register to receive the link. You can register here.
The lecture is free to attend.
For questions, please contact the Shadows at (337) 369-6446 or Shadows@ShadowsOnTheTeche.org.
ABOUT DR. CHARLES VINCENT:
Dr. Vincent is currently the Louis-Jetson-Lamar Corporation Professor of History at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge. He received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Louisiana State University and has taught at several universities across the South. Vincent has written and spoken extensively on Reconstruction and Jim Crow history in southern Louisiana. He is the author of Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction and A Centennial History of Southern University and A&M College, 1880-1980, and co-author of Images of America: Scotlandville. Dr. Vincent has been published in numerous professional journals and encyclopedias, presented lectures to a variety of organizations around the country, and served as President of the Louisiana Historical Association.
This program is funded under a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
