Asheville’s First Public Schools For Blacks For more than a year, I have collected every newspaper article on the Beaumont … More
Category: Asheville History
Canned Victuals
What’s in your pantry these days? I freely admit to having more canned food in my pantry than ever before. … More
866 Hendersonville Road
How often have you driven on Hendersonville Road and wondered what this or that site used to look like before … More
A Most Exceptional Man: The Edward S. Stephens Story (Part Two)
In Part One we focused on Stephens’s work as a principal and teacher in the Asheville City Schools and as … More
Correcting the Record.
A few months ago some questions arose about a couple photographs in the North Carolina Room’s Special Collection. They show … More
A Most Exceptional Man: Edward S. Stephens (Part One)
This post begins the two-part story of Edward Stephens and his work in Asheville and other cities. Although Stephens wasn’t … More
Asheville’s First City Schools for Black Students, Part five: Builders of Black Schools (concluded)
This installment offers a look at the life and career of the fifth of the five original teachers at Asheville’s … More
Confronting the Legacy of N.W. Woodfin: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
The Woodfin community, like many other Buncombe County communities is named for a man who enslaved human beings. If you’ve … More
A “Worst” Asheville Album: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
I remember “worst” Asheville. It’s the neighborhood where my Grandfather was born in a house with dirt floors, where I … More