Legacy in pink: First Black-owned gay bar in San Francisco reborn as art at the Walker

Artist Sadie Barnette and her father Rodney Barnette speak to the crowd at "The New Eagle Creek Saloon" opening night at the Walker Art Center. The saloon is an installation in which artist Sadie Barnette re-imagines her father's Eagle Creek Saloon, the first Black-owned gay bar in San Francisco, Calif.
Nicole Neri for MPR News
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