Venue: Jessie Peterman Library, Floyd
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2016
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
Jessie Peterman Library presents an Author Reading & Book Signing for "African American Railroad Workers of Roanoke" on Thursday, July 28, 2016.
Written on behalf of the Historical Society of Western Virginia, Sheree Scarborough’s book, titled “African American Railroad Workers of Roanoke: Oral Histories of the Norfolk & Western,” contains stories and interviews from African American engineers, conductors, and executives of the railway. As one of the country’s great historic railroad centers and employer of countless railway workers, Roanoke has a deep history spanning through Jim Crow segregation, civil rights, and today’s corporate workforce that can all be recalled through personal experience by its workers.
In this book, Scarborough shares with us the memories of twelve different African American employees of the railroad and takes us on a journey across the tracks of history.
Books will be available for purchasing and autographing.
For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/JPMLibrary or call 540-745-2947.
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