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Residents ask Jonesboro for transparency after E. Boone Watson Center closed to public
Summary
Community members urged the city to preserve and restore access to the E. Boone Watson Center and its African American culture exhibits after the facility was closed to the public; speakers requested regular updates and an alternate site if closure is long-term.
During the public-comment section of the Aug. 19 Jonesboro City Council meeting, resident Jamal Carter urged city leaders to provide transparency and a plan after the E. Boone Watson Center was closed to the public.
Carter said the center, which houses the Craighead County Jonesboro African American Culture Center and preserves local Black history, is “more than just a building” and urged the city to protect the center’s historical collections and to identify an…
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