The first two posts in this series traced Edward Stephens’s career from St. Louis to Asheville to Topeka. We saw … More
Tag: African Americans
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
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
ASHEVILLE’S FIRST CITY SCHOOLS FOR BLACK STUDENTS, Part Three: Builders of Black Schools
The Creation of a Public School System for the City of Asheville, 1887-1888 Setting Up the System and Hiring the … More
The only historical image of Shiloh? 52 Weeks, 52 Communities.
When I went searching our database for sources to write this edition of 52 Weeks, 52 Communities I had one … More
A Kenilworth Research Album: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
Of all the communities on our list, one of the most photographed besides Downtown Asheville, may be Kenilworth. This Asheville … More
Working Together on Burton Street: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities
“On the west side of Asheville between Patton and Haywood/A community holds on, tries to create a sustainable model, /Relationship-building … More
Black Lives Built Western North Carolina Railroad
The North Carolina Room received a call from someone–with both musical and local history interests–asking if there really was a collapse of the … More
