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Thursday, March 22, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buildings, Local History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection, Uncategorized

Jimmie’s Waffle Shop

Mention Paradise Chinese Restaurant, The Hot Shot, or The Silver Dollar and folks of a certain age (including yours truly) can wax eloquent on southern-fried chicken at the Paradise or after-the-bars-closed biscuits and gravy breakfasts at the Hot Shot. I think I might have enjoyed the menu in the paneled interior of Jimmie’s Waffle Shop
76 Haywood StreetAsheville HistoryAsheville Shrine ClubGeorge KeritsisGross RestaurantJames KeritsisJimmie's Waffle Shop
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Thursday, March 15, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Events, Local History

Event: “The Eclectic Lives of Two Asheville Women”

In Celebration of Women’s History Month Wednesday, March 21, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00 Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium Come Hear Ashevillians: Esther Manheimer Asheville City Mayor And Sheneika Smith Asheville City Councilwoman Talk About: Growing up in Asheville and Their Lives as Mothers, Professionals & Women And Why They Decided to Enter Public Service
asheville city councilEsther ManheimerSheneika SmithWomenWomen's History Month
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Friday, March 09, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History

The Highly Qualified Teachers of Stephens-Lee

The Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School: A Tribute Stephens-Lee teachers had a sense of collective pride that students, parents, and the black community could share. A major source of pride was the academic degrees the teachers held. Black high school students sometimes boasted that their teachers were better educated than the teachers at the all-white
Arthur V. LindenAsheville High SchoolHistorically Black Colleges and UniversitiesIntegrationMarian Goudlock DennisonSouth French Broad High School. Legalized SegregationStephens-Lee High SchoolStephens-Lee High School FacultyTeacher's College at Columbia University
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Thursday, March 01, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History

The Social Context of Teaching at Stephens-Lee High School

The Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School: A Tribute     Elynora Foster was the kind of teacher her students and colleagues remembered. Mrs. Foster’s work as a U.S. history and social studies teacher put her in a perfect position to tell her students about the contributions African Americans had made to the nation and the
Alfred J. WhitesidesAsheville African American CommunityElynora M. FosterLacy T. HaithLegal SegregationStephens-Lee High SchoolStephens-Lee High School Faculty

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