Veterans
Learn about the Veterans of Henderson County, NC
Author: Black Heritage Hendersonville
Food Life
Photo Credit: Menu from the Landina Guest House Hendersonville’s Green Book Guest House, Courtesy of Melinda Lowrance Food Life
Work Life
Photo Credit: James Roberts, Skyland Hotel Cook, 1930 Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection Work Life
School Life
Photo Credit: Irma Mills and her students from the Green Mountain School, Fruitland. Courtesy of Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, UNCAsheville Ramsey Library School Life
Spiritual Life
Photo Credit: Photo by Black History Research Committee of Henderson County Spiritual Life
1970 – Present
Photo Credit: 1970 Basketball Stars – Four members of this Hendersonville High School JV team went on to win the State Championship in 1972 Photo Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection After 1970
1900 to 1950
Photo Credits: Roscoe Dausuel, 1919 Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection 1900 to 1950 Between 1900 and 1970 local African-Americans owned businesses such as cafes, laundries, sweet shops, beauty shops, guest houses, a taxi service, a mortuary and a paving …