Durham County Library Fest opens on April 6; Zelda Lockhart talks libraries and writing; new exhibit celebrates Black contributions to NC seafood industry

Durham County Library welcomes its fifth annual Library Fest during National Library Week, April 6-12.  Leoneda Inge sits down with Sara Stephens, Library Development Officer, to learn more about the festival. Zelda Lockhart. Lockhart is one of the week’s keynote speakers and will be delivering a talk on how to write multigenerational stories. The nonprofit organization, NC Catch, the Black seafood community and researchers have teamed up for a new project called “Recognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry.” Barbara Garrity-Blake, cultural anthropologist and president of NC Catch, and Captain John Mallette, co-owner of Southern Breeze Seafood Co. in Jacksonville, discuss the project.