On a beautiful blue Sunday afternoon, Wilson cut the ribbon at the dedication of the African-American Music Trails mural downtown. Bill Myers and Sam Lathan were on hand to receive their flowers, Gloria Burks‘ descendants stood in her stead, and the Sallie B. Howard School Chorus performed for an appreciative crowd.
Thanks to Michelle Myers Young for sharing the video clip!
Shout to out to Freeman Round House and African-American Museum, Wilson Arts, and artist Max Dowdle of N.C. Public Art for this celebration of Wilson’s beloved African American Music Trail icons — William E. Myers, the late Sallie B. Howard, the late Gloria Burks, and Samuel C. Lathan!
(Next — a Sam Vick mural?!?)
Wilson Arts and The Oliver Nestus Freeman Round House and African American Museum invite muralists located in North Carolina to create a location-specific mural celebrating Wilson as a destination on the African American Music Trail of Eastern North Carolina.
The application deadline is 30 June 2023.
For complete details and to apply, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=11987
This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.