Hundreds of family, friends, community members, and avid readers gathered Saturday to honor the life and legacy of bell hooks, better known to her family and friends as Gloria Jean Watkins.
Family, friends, and childhood classmates shared stories about Gloria Jean, including our own Ann Petrie.
click to download audioFellow Kentucky Writers, Wendell Berry, Crystal Wilkinson, and Silas House spoke of their connection and admiration for hooks.
click to download audioThe list of people whose lives she touched is immense and many who could not attend filmed video messages to share with the family and audience, including other writers, activists, the president of Berea College Dr Lyle Roelofs, and Governor Andy Beshear.
click to download audioPlans exist to continue honoring bell hooks’ legacy in Christian County with the bell hooks Memorial Writing Contest, a mural on the Christian County Historical Society, and a statue at the Hopkinsville Community College Roundtable Park, which be unveiled on what would have been her 70th birthday in September.
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