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We are fortunate to live in a community that is collaborating to share a wealth of resources, both written and photographic, about the experience of local African-Americans. Additional materials that highlight the important role African-Americans have played in Henderson County are always welcome. In …
Photo Credit: Henry Simmons, President of the Society of Necessity, Courtesy of Hortence Potts Community Groups
Photo Credit: Menu from the Landina Guest House Hendersonville’s Green Book Guest House, Courtesy of Melinda Lowrance Food Life
Photo Credit: James Roberts, Skyland Hotel Cook, 1930 Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection Work 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
Photo Credit: Photo by Black History Research Committee of Henderson County Spiritual Life
Photo Credit: Old fieldstone headstone in African American section of Mill Creek Cemetery. Photo by Henderson County Black History Research Group Cemeteries
