Ashes to Ashes A Spoken Word by Crystal Cauley
Poem by Crystal Cauley Interpretative dance and video produced by Indian Jackson Courtesy of Black History Collective of Henderson County, NC
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Alma Avery Interview
Alma Avery shares her experiences growing up in poverty and then later working in a box factory in Henderson County. Watch Alma Avery’s interview with the Mountain Elder Wisdom Project
Kathleen Featherstone Williams
Kathleen Featherstone Williams is a member of the Featherstone Clan and a native of Asheville, N.C. She was born on November 1, 1920. She graduated with honors in 1938 from Stephens-Lee High School in Asheville. She went on to the Stewarts Beauty School in Asheville, graduating in 1940. …
Sandra Suber of Lanodell’s Hat Shop
Mrs. Sandra Suber provided the community with beautiful hats from her shop in Mills River. https://theurbannews.com/our-town/2017/my-story-my-journey/
Johnny A. Young
Johnny Young owned a concrete finishing business. His projects included the sidewalks of Downtown Hendersonville, Carolina Village and Four Seasons Mall. Johnny Young was a self-employed concrete finisher who owned and operated his own business for over 30 years in Henderson County. His work projects …
James Pilgrim
James Pilgrim was a nationally prominent funeral director who raised Senator Cory Booker’s father in Hendersonville. James Pilgrim was born in 1915 of parents who came to Hendersonville from South Carolina to cook in some of the city’s famous old inns. He graduated from Stephens-Lee …
Peacock Town Neighborhood Map
Street names: Justice St. from 1st Ave. W. to 3rd Ave. W. S. Oak from 1st Ave. W. To 3rd Ave. W. N. Oak from 1st Ave W. To 3rd Ave. W. Jones Alley Jones St. from 1st Ave. W. To 3rd Ave. W. Gravel …
West End Neighborhood Map
Street names: Sixth Ave. W. Between N. Justice and Prince Seventh Ave. W. Sam Mills St. (old 8th Ave. W.) Conner Ave. from N. Oak going W. Ninth Ave. W. Starting at Justice N. Justice from 6th to 9th N. Oak from 6th to 9th …
Black Bottom Neighborhood Map
Black Bottom began where S. Church Street intersects with W. Caswell Street addresses 203-302 to the bend of Kanuga (Present day Hot Dog World location). At the time the neighborhood of Black Bottom existed, this part of Kanuga was named Caswell. Houses of Black Bottom …
Harris Street Area Map
This area did not have a special name. 603, 604, 605 Harris between 6th Ave. E. To Jonas St. were always occupied by white families. Street names: Harris St. from 4th Ave. E. (Tucker’s Turn) to 6th Ave. E. Williams St. from 4th Ave. East …