Black History Month: Perkins reflects on segregated Virginia balcony
There was a time, admits John L. Perkins — known to many in the community as “Johnny B.” — when he would have rather seen the Virginia remain a thing
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There was a time, admits John L. Perkins — known to many in the community as “Johnny B.” — when he would have rather seen the Virginia remain a thing
The Krystal Kitchen print available for $100 donations. | Photo by Erin Cox The Old Railroad Bridge print available during the Facebook Live event Tuesday. | Photo by Erin Cox Anne Hoskins, Diane Mitchell, Maggy Kriebel, Barbara Willingham and Rob Miller stand in front of the Carnegie Library building on Roy Kidd Avenue. Willingham donated the prints of paintings she did of two Corbin landmarks. Members of the Carnegie Center of Corbin non-profit group hold two of the prints. | Photo by Erin Cox CORBIN â A local artist has donated color prints of two Corbin landmarks, The Krystal Kitc...
Corbin’s Carnegie Library building in its heyday. Maggie Kriebel, Vice Chair of the Carnegie Center of Corbin, said local artist Barbara Willingham has donated 50 signed and numbered prints featuring the old Krystal Kitchen and the old Engineer Street Bridge that will be available during the Facebook Live event at 6 p.m. on April 20. The Krystal Kitchen print, entitled, “Time Expired,” is $100. The bridge print, entitled, “Old Railroad Bridge,” is $150. “You can purchase both for $200,” Kriebel said. After three years of fundraising efforts, the Carnegie Corporation purchased th...