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Virtual Via Zoom
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
William Isom and Matt O’Neal
The Sunup Initiative presents a free virtual film screening & discussion on Friday, October 30th, featuring Black in Appalachia’s The Corbin Expulsion of 1919 short film.
William Isom, director of Black in Appalachia, and Matt O’Neal, a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, will introduce the film and share their research. A panel discussion will follow.
The event is sponsored by the Sunup Initiative, the City of Corbin, the UK Appalachian Center, and the UK Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
For more information and for educational materials relating to the 1919 race riot see the Sunup Initiative website at https://sunupcorbin.com/.
Also please visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2452790421690556/ and check out the event page on the Sunup website: https://sunupcorbin.com/events/blackinappalachiascreening
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