MABEL PARKER HARDISON SMITH 1985, 28:30
African-American teacher in the coalfields for 35 years and gospel musician.
“Smith articulately recollects the life of a black miner’s family while archival and personal photos fascinatingly illustrate her colorful narration.” -Booklist
“Literally hundreds of African-Americans from Appalachia who’ve left their ’footprints in the sands of time’ admit readily that they were standing on the shoulders of great teachers in the area’s ’colored’ schools, teachers like Mabel Parker Hardison Smith. I thank God for the ’Mabels in the Mountains.” -William Turner, Department of Sociology, Winston-Salem State University.
Anthros/the Barbara Myerhoff Film Festival; Atlanta Film and Video.
