Christopher P. Lehman Author Event

We are so excited to host Dr. Christopher P Lehman for an in-store author event celebrating his new book It Took Courage: Eliza Winston's Quest for Freedom! This is Christopher's seventh book and it centers around Eliza Winston, who in 1860 escaped enslavement while traveling in Minnesota, where she secured her freedom through legal appeal. Her story adds a powerful testimony to African American experiences and perseverance in antebellum America. You may be familiar with Christopher since he is a local professor of ethnic studies at St. Cloud State University and won the Minnesota Book Award for Nonfiction in 2020 for his book Slavery's Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State. Don't forget to mark your calendars for Saturday, May 11th!