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Saturday, February 15, 2014 / Published in African Americans, Architecture, Buildings, Events, Houses, Local History

Restoring Our Memory of Southside

Wednesday, February 26th, 6:00 until 7:30 PM Pack Library Lord Auditorium Rich Mathews, historian and researcher for Mathews Architecture, will present a slide presentation about the Southside Neighborhood in Asheville Here Rich gives us a preview of his talk. Join us on Wednesday night for MORE! I’m a preservationist. I love old buildings and historic neighborhoods.
Choctaw StDepot StEast Riverside Redevelopment ProjectHistoric PreservationHousing Authority of the City of AshevilleRich MathewsSouth French Broad AveSouthside AveSouthside NeighborhoodUrban Renewal
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Friday, February 07, 2014 / Published in African Americans, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, New Donations, Woo-Woo Moments

A Valentine for E. W. Pearson, Sr.

Edward W. Pearson, Sr. was one of the most energetic and creative forces for positive change that Asheville has ever known. From Pearson’s arrival in Asheville in 1906, until his death in 1946, he worked tirelessly to improve the fortunes and the quality of life of his family and his community. Facing many barriers to
Annette Pearson CottonAsheville Royal GiantsBuncombe County District Colored Agricultural FairClifford Cotton IIIEdward W. PearsonNorth Carolina College for NegroesPark View SubdivisionWest Asheville
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Friday, November 01, 2013 / Published in African Americans, Events, Uncategorized

Patton Family Online Exhibit

As part of local commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville worked with the Buncombe County Register of Deeds to compile a database of documents recording the trade of people as slaves in Buncombe County.  A video created as part of this project has won two national awards. 
Buncombe County Register of DeedsEmancipation ProclamationForever FreeJames PattonJames Washington PattonSam CopeSlaveryThomas Walton Patton
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Friday, August 30, 2013 / Published in African Americans, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Woo-Woo Moments

Tempy Avery 1823? – 1917

We depend on our patrons for donations. This 1897 J. M. McCanless portrait of a black nurse midwife was loaned for scanning by Dianna Hays. We also receive valuable information from patrons. Ms. Hays told us that the baby was her grandmother Pauline Moore Bourne, daughter of clothing store owner M. V. Moore, and that Pauline
American Civil WarCivil WarEliza Woodfin HollandmidwifeNicholas WoodfinnursePauline Moore BourneSlaveryTempy Avery
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