Letter: Build empathy with visits to living legacies

Posted on February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 by Letters

“Asheville’s Peace Gardens and Hood Huggers International are the perfect preparation for a visit to Montgomery.”

What’s new in food: Soul Food Supper celebrates Black History Month

Posted on February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 by Blake Becker

Soul Food Supper returns to help celebrate Black History Month. Also: Hi-Wire Brewing celebrate Mardi Gras with a special beer release; Murasaki Asheville opens in Arden; and more!

Around Town: Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows celebrates 35 years in Asheville

Posted on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 by Justin McGuire

The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows returns to The Omni Grove Park Inn. Plus: Citizen Vinyl launches a podcast; Hood Huggers offers free tours to Black residents; and the Western North Carolina Historical Association presents a talk on the Brevard Rosenwald School.

From bigotry to advocacy: The Gospel According to Jerry

Posted on April 25, 2021April 27, 2021 by Jerry Sternberg

“To be honest, it was those very acts of civil disobedience — the lunch counter sit-ins by dignified young Black people, the reasoned speeches of Martin Luther King and the angry voice of Malcolm X — that gradually opened my eyes.”

Small bites: Soul Food Supper

Posted on February 18, 2020February 14, 2020 by Thomas Calder

Chicken, black eyed-peas and collard greens are among the items to be served at the upcoming Soul Food Supper, hosted by Asheville Parks and Recreation. Also: Lookout Brewing Co. holds a mac and cheese cookoff; The Cut Cocktail Lounge celebrates Mardi Gras with a crawfish boil; and plenty more in this week’s Small bites.

Hidden history: Shining a light on African-American achievements

Posted on February 17, 2019February 16, 2019 by Xpress Contributor

“So if we are going to rise forth, let us begin to courageously open the gates of true intellect and research and let go of holding back hidden facts in fear.”

Asheville Archives: Emancipation Day

Posted on February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 by Thomas Calder

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, Asheville’s African-American community took to the streets on Jan. 1 of each year to celebrate Emancipation Day.

Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence and the integration of Black Mountain College

Posted on February 23, 2017February 16, 2017 by Alli Marshall

It was Josef Albers who invited the Lawrences for the 1946 summer session. They were provided with private transportation to shield them from segregation.