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The tribute to the acclaimed author, and Hopkinsville native, who was born Gloria Jean Watkins, was attended by roughly 400 people Saturday at the Alhambra Theatre.
“Hoptown” will focus on the sisterhood of Black women with inspiration from the near-parallel lives of Abadoo’s mother and the late feminist writer bell hooks, who grew up in Hopkinsville as Gloria Jean Watkins.