Title: William Louis Poteat : a leader of the progressive-era South /
Authors: Hall, Randal L., 1971-
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Poteat, William Louis,; Wake Forest College Faculty Biography.; Social reformers North Carolina Biography.; Biology teachers North Carolina Biography.; College teachers North Carolina Biography.; Baptists North Carolina Biography.; Evolution Study and teaching North Carolina History.; Evolution Religious aspects Baptists
Abstract: "William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880s, and during his tenure as president of Wake Forest College (1905-1927) his advocacy of social Christianity stood in stark contrast to the zeal for practical training that swept through the New South's state universities."