Black Confederates will be topic of Historical Foundation meeting

Educator and author Charles Kelly Barrow will be the speaker for the meeting of the WashingtonWilkes Historical Foundation general meeting on Sunday, May 7, 2:30 p.m., at the Robert Toombs House. The program is sponsored by the Washington-Wilkes Historical Foundation and New South Productions Inc.

Barrow will present a program on Black Confederates, highlighting the contribution of distinguished Georgian black Confederates and others. He is the author of several definitive books on the role of Black Confederates, including "Black Southerners in Confederate Armies:" "Black Confederates and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Georgia Division: The First One Hundred Years, 1896-1996, A Short History."

The speaker currently serves on the Shorter College Board of Trustees. He is active as an officer and historical consultant to Confederate organizations throughout the region and was the 1996 Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Confederate of the Year and the 2001 recipient of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal.

Barrow presently serves as historian for the Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SOCV); commissioner, Georgia Civil War Commission; historian-in-chief, SOCV; commander, Georgia Society of the Military Order of the Stars & Bars; SOCV National Awards Committee Chairman; councilman, Army of Tennessee, SOCV; and commander, 13th (Bonnie Blue) Brigade, Georgia Division, SOCV.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting. The Washington-Wilkes Historical Foundation can be reached for more details at its new phone numbers: 706-678-5001; and toll free, 1-877221-7689.