Wayne Flynt is Distinguished University Professor of History at Auburn University and author or coauthor of 11 books, including "Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie, Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites, Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, "and "Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950." He has been recognized by numerous awards and honors, including the Lillian Smith Award for nonfiction, the Clarence Cason Nonfiction Award, the James F. Sulzby Jr. Book Award (twice), and the Alabama Library Association Award for nonfic...