Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Director Joanne Fish discusses new film ‘Mr. Handy’s Blues: A Musical Documentary’

Fish was attending a film festival in Florence, AL in February of 2007 when she first met W.C. Handy, the acknowledged Father of the Blues.

A new exhibit on quilts opens July 1 at the Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center in Christiansburg, VA.

Featuring flags from USAT Goethals, excerpts from the ship logs, period photographs of the ship and crew, and photos from the Normandy campaign.

Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton was a living legend. The day he committed suicide, he launched himself into the pages of American lore.

Roanoke is one of America’s great rail centers and prides itself on that history; African Americans have a long history with its railroad.