BSBV Fall Reading: Trains
October 1st, 7pm at Barter's Smith Theatre
Written by Quinton Cockrell and presented by Black Stories Black Voices
Play Synopsis: On October 31, 1919, white residents of Corbin, Kentucky forcibly removed approximately 200 African Americans from the town. The victims were forced into box cars and sent to Knoxville, Tennessee. Corbin was left a virtually all-white town. Years later, Travis Hampton, a survivor of the purge, is leading a desperate, impoverished life with his family in Knoxville. When a white man, an old acquaintance from Corbin, approaches and attempts to “make things right,” Travis must come to terms with his past and his principles.
This event is partially funded by AT&T and the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund.
