Photo Exhibit and Movie Screening: River of Hope

Program Type:

Movies & Performances

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Event Details

Join us for a photo exhibit and movie screening in celebration of Multifest. Beginning at 9 a.m., view a photo exhibit from the library's James Randall Black History collection.

At 2 p.m., enjoy a screening of the film River of Hope. River of Hope tells the true story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in West Virginia.

This is a joint Multifest project with the YWCA and Vandalia Film Worx. 

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