Opening of the George Washington Carver Branch Library

Opening of the Carver Branch library in the Riverview section of Kingsport. When this branch opened, the Riverview neighborhood was still segregated. Some of the people in the picture are E.W. Palmer (near the right pillar), sisters Anita and Marie Briscoe, Annette Burnette, Linda Cox, Reverend William H. Stokely, Willard C. and Ressie H. Long.

Photographer: Unknown

Date Taken: 1951

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