Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023335
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
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ARTS ARTICLE OMITTED HARRISON MUSEUM

The article Feb. 11 about the area's arts by Jeff DeBell raised many questions in my mind, but I'll ask only one: Why wasn't there a mention of the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture? It should have been one of the main focal points of that article.

When I came here, there was no culture center for Afro-Americans. I attended many of the events in Center in the Square, Mill Mountain and The Acting Company, but there was always a wish, a desire and a need for my own culture.

I am almost certain that this was an oversight on his part. Wouldn't he like me to believe that it was?

Julie Hunsaker was more than correct when she said, "At decade's end, only the culturally impaired could say `There's nothing to do in Roanoke'." That's why I am letting the community know that there is something to do at the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture.

CARRIE B. DULIN\ ROANOKE

Editor's note: Jeff DeBell is well aware of the Harrison Center and its contributions to the valley's cultural life. He spoke with its executive director in the course of preparing his article. The failure to mention Harrison was an oversight.