SEPARATEFOUNTAINS
The four brightly colored panels 12 foot, square murals show four different scenes from the historical novel, Separate Fountains, by Jonesboro native Patti Wilson Byars.
The $47,000 mural project reflects four scenes from the town's past: 1950s Main Street with the author (at age 12) and her 5-year-old brother standing in front of the drug store, a gypsy woman at the gypsy camp, the legendary nomadic "Goat Man" who traveled all over the South, and a portrait of Lillian and Eula Arnold, two black women who taught at the 1940s50s Jonesboro Colored School
"SeparateFountainsisa"can'tputitdown"book.Theemotions,memories,andrealisticsocialhistorythataboundarecaptivating.Apublicationthatadults andyouth,blacks,whites,andotherracesandethnicgroupswillfindeducationalandinspiring,itbringsonetotearsandgivesthereaderssomethingto ponderasthestorypresentsatruepictureofwhatitwasliketobeblack orwhite growingupintheSouthintheearly1950s"
AlthemeseBarnes,Founder&ExecutiveDirectorRileyHouseMuseumofAfricanAmericanHistoryandCultureTallahassee,FL FOR MORE
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108 Notary Services congratulates the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) on its 110th Annual Conference and Mesha Y Williams for being honored with the Council Award of Special Recognition
