MORE THAN BASEBALL: Edward W. Pearson founded the Asheville Royal Giants in 1916. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he also founded and served as the first president of the Asheville Chapter of the NAACP and served as president of the Asheville chapters of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the North Carolina Negro Improvement Association. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville
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