Story Tour with Dr. Kerri Moseley-Hobbs
Venue: Historic Smithfield, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, April 10, 2026
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Historic Smithfield presents Story Tour with Dr. Kerri Moseley-Hobbs on Friday, April 10, 2026.

Join author Dr. Kerri Moseley-Hobbs for an intimate, moving walkthrough of Historic Smithfield as she reads excerpts from her book "More Than A Fraction", a powerful work of historical fiction that restores humanity and voice to the Fraction family, who were enslaved at Smithfield. Through richly imagined prose, Kerri brings to life their personalities, inner thoughts, relationships, and daily experiences, the full, complex lives that history so often leaves out.

Walk the grounds of Smithfield and hear the story of the Fraction family, enslaved people who lived & worked at Smithfield and whose lives shaped this very place, read aloud in the rooms and spaces where they lived.

Free and open to all.

No registration or tickets required.

Dr. Kerri Moseley-Hobbs, Founder, and Executive Director of the More Than A Fraction Foundation, brings nearly two decades of comprehensive experience in education, straddling roles encompassing administration and research/program development. Her journey includes pivotal contributions to postsecondary (higher education) policy, regulation, and administration, coupled with a deep involvement in experiential learning, educational presentations, exposure initiatives, and historical research. Beyond her extensive involvement in prestigious projects, Dr. Moseley-Hobbs is an author, penning the creative non-fiction book "More Than a Fraction: Based on a True Story." She stands as one of the prominent voices chronicling the history of Africans in America, and African Americans, of Maryland, the Southeast region, and beyond.

Walk the grounds and rooms where their stories unfolded.

Historic Smithfield is located at 1000 Merry Oak Way in Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/6QwHLzN2/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://www.historicsmithfield.org/events or https://www.facebook.com/historicsmithfield1774 or https://www.instagram.com/historicsmithfield/ or call 540-231-3947.

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