The first two posts in this series traced Edward Stephens’s career from St. Louis to Asheville to Topeka. We saw … More
Category: Local History
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
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 Four: 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
Southside: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
Henry Robinson wrote in 1992 about his childhood community of Southside–a mournful eulogy really, to a place that no longer … More
Walter H. Page and His Christmas Letter To His Grandson
Who was Walter H. Page? Did you ever wonder who Page Avenue was named for? E.W. Grove named the street … More
ASHEVILLE’S FIRST CITY SCHOOLS FOR BLACK STUDENTS, Part Four: Builders of Black Schools (Continued)
In our last post in this series on early black public schools, we looked at the lives and careers of … More
