On display at Carnegie Hall January 8 through February 26, 2016 in the Museum and Auditorium galleries is "Invisible Roots and Legends: A Photographic view of African American History in the Greenbrier Valley, WV."
An opening reception will be held on Friday, January 8th from 5-8PM. A brief presentation will be held on stage at 6PM with a performance by the Mt. Tabor Choir immediately following at 6:30PM. The evening events are FREE and open to the public.
Photography came into its own during the Civil War, and for many years remained the purview of the wealthy. Before then there were few photographs of anyone or thing, especially of African Americans. Finding photographs which exist and using them to tell the heretofore “invisible” history of African Americans in the Greenbrier Valley is the focus of “Invisible Roots and Legends.”
The exhibit consists of a collection of photographs and artifacts from post Civil War to the 21st century of African Americans who have contributed to the growth and development of this area in business, military, religion, education, sports, politics, and entertainment as well as general family life. Included in the exhibit, on loan from the WV Division of Culture and History, will be the medal for Henry Clay of the 45th United States Colored Troops, who served the Union army as a black Appalachian unit in the last year of the Civil War.
Lewisburg resident, Janice Cooley, Exhibit Curator, said, “I have a passion for the history of African Americans in this area. My own roots go deep here, and I realized that so many of my contemporaries as well as the younger generations had no idea of the struggles and achievements of our ancestors. If this information is not preserved, it will soon be lost.”
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