Events for February 16, 2024

Pikeville's own Effie Waller Smith, the daughter of freed slaves was the first female Black poet from Kentucky to have her work published. Her patron was a local white women, Mary Elliot Flanery, who was a teacher, newspaper columnist and a wife of a county judge. She recognized the talent of Miss Effie and raised […]

Pikeville's own Effie Waller Smith, the daughter of freed slaves was the first female Black poet from Kentucky to have her work published. Her patron was a local white women, Mary Elliot Flanery, who was a teacher, newspaper columnist and a wife of a county judge. She recognized the talent of Miss Effie and raised […]