© Buncombe County Special Collections. All rights reserved.

HeardTell Blog

Voices from Old Candlertown: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

G858-8
The voices of our community members are one way we learn about our past. Eleanor Newcomb Rice knew this, and made it her work to collect the voices of “Old Candlertown” for many years. Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924, but when she was young, her parents moved her and her three older
Read more
2 Comments

EVENT: A Tribute to the Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School

“The Castle on the hill” A Tribute to the Faculty of Stephens-Lee TUESDAY April 9, 2019 FROM 6:00 to 8:00 PM Held at the Stephens-Lee Center 30 George Washington Carver Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 This Event is Free and Open to the Public Light appetizers will be served (South Charlotte Street, left on Max Street,
Read more
2 Comments

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 between people/What can I say: Burton Street?” -DeWayne Barton “Burton Street Working Together” from 27 Views of Asheville, Eno Publishers, ed. We have discussed the Burton Street Community a few times this year, especially highlighting
Read more
No Comments

Who Was Pauli Murray?

Pauli Murray was ahead of her time. . . ROSA PARKS WAS ARRESTED FOR CHALLENGING THE BUS SEGREGATION LAWS IN 1954. PAULI MURRAY WAS ARRESTED AND JAILED FOR THE SAME CRIME IN 1940! LUNCH COUNTER SIT-INS IN GREENSBORO IN 1964 BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION TO JIM CROW. PAULI MURRAY AND FELLOW HOWARD LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD
Read more
No Comments

The Littlest Library You Ever Saw: 52 Weeks 52 Communities

Did you ever visit the Broad River Community Library? The tiny little library in this rural southeast Buncombe County community first made an appearance thanks to the New Deal-era program called the WPA or Works Progress Administration. The WPA funded all manner of social programs, including arts and literary efforts, like rural libraries. The Broad River
Read more
No Comments

Event: Becky Stone Portrays Civil Rights Activist Pauli Murray

In Celebration of Women’s History Month Becky Stone Portrays Civil Rights Activist Pauli Murray Thursday March 28, 2019 from 6:00 to 7:00 Lord Auditorium, Pack Memorial Library, Lower Level All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served I Pauli Murray was a published poet. An Episcopal Priest. An Attorney and
Read more
2 Comments

Categories

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,809 other subscribers
TOP