We hope that you'll join us at The Corbin Center for our second film screening in Corbin, this time to celebrate Black History Month. The film shown will be Evelyn Williams, an Appalshop film directed by Anne Lewis.



Evelyn Williams is a portrait of a woman who is many things: a coal miner’s daughter and wife; a domestic worker and mother of nine; a college student in her 50s and community organizer; an Appalachian African American. Above all, she is a woman whose awareness of class and race oppression has led her to a lifetime of activism. Now in her 80s, she is battling to save her land in eastern Kentucky from destruction by a large oil and gas firm. Guest speaker will be announced soon.



A little more about the event and the space:

There will be food, and admission is free. The Corbin Center is wheelchair accessible. All ages are welcome!



This film is being hosted by a newly forming group called Corbin Racial Justice Initiative that the Cumberland Chapter of KFTC is excited to be apart of alongside the Laurel County African American Heritage Center and the University of Kentucky Appalachian Studies Center. Big thank you to Stefanie Ebbens Kingsley Law for providing support. ♥



If you've got any questions please reach out to CorbinInitiative@gmail.com