In 1956, Eleanor Roosevelt announced a planned trip to Asheville to speak on the U.N.’s behalf. Her visit to Asheville, however, depended upon the city’s willingness to have an integrated audience.
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Tuesday History: Outrage over Langston Hughes’ unreported visit to Asheville, 1949
“I would like to ask you, the editor, what is the purpose of a newspaper? Is it not to report the news, to give its readers a full account of all important events, as soon as possible after they have taken place?” writes Anne Hunter Jenkins of Fletcher, N.C. in her 1949 letter to the editor.
Tuesday History: The YWCA of Asheville’s 1930s integration attempts
The Asheville YWCA’s African American division, the Phyllis Wheatley branch, began as an informal weekly meeting of women who worked to support and aid each other in finding employment opportunities. It officially opened in 1921.
Tuesday History: Headlines from July 4, 1917
We thought it would be interesting to see what Asheville residents were reading about on Independence Day, 100 years ago, today.
Tuesday History: Local historian Bruce Johnson discusses the Grove-Seely family feud
On Wednesday, June 28, Bruce Johnson will offer a talk titled “Family Feud: The Bitter Battle Between E.W. Grove and Fred Seely For the Grove Park Inn.” It will take place at the Lord Auditorium, on the lower level of Pack Memorial Library.
Tuesday History: “Death was on his brow,” the discovery of Elisha Mitchell’s body
‘We, the petty actors, will pass away, forgotten; but never, while the everlasting mountains stand, the name of professor Mitchell.’ — The North Carolina Standard, 1857
Tuesday History: A dispute about the mountains, 1869
“No one can approach Asheville without being struck with the awful sublimity of those dark ranges that tower from two thousand to six thousand feet into mid heavens,” writes Dr. J.P. Purcell in 1869 article “Wayside queries and Information.”
Tuesday History: Bringing religion to the “rude mountaineers,” 1869
“The dew of Heaven is falling, and is fertilizing the land,” writes Dr. J.P. Purcell, in his 1869 report on Asheville.
Tuesday History: Scoping out Asheville’s prospects in 1869
Take a look at Asheville’s people, population, climate, institutions, churches, wine making, factories, rent and faith in 1869.
Tuesday History: Headlines and advertisements from 100 years ago, today
In May of 1917, the country was at war with Germany. Meanwhile in Asheville there were some great deals on clothing, sleeping porch shades and real estate.
Tuesday History: ‘Mountain Scenery’ offers insight into 1850s Asheville
On Wednesday, April 26, Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Colton will discuss her great-great uncle’s 1859 book, ‘Mountain Scenery: The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina,’ at the Pack Memorial Library’s Lord Auditorium.
Tuesday History: Our poor, helpless, dumb friends
“Deeply as we deplore the loss of human life, there is that in our natures which makes the suffering and tortures of our poor helpless dumb servants and friends, the horses, particularly painful,” wrote Asheville resident, Theo F. Davidson, in a 1917 letter to the editor.
Tuesday History: Isaac Dickson and the YMI
The Triangle Park Mural on South Market Street, completed in 2013, was created by Asheville Design Center, in collaboration with community organization Just Folks. Local artist, Molly Must was recruited as the project’s lead designer. The mural captures some of the history of the African American experience in Asheville. Among its many images is one of […]
Tuesday History: The final segment of Martin Luther King’s historic Montreat speech
In the final portion of King’s 1965 Montreat speech, he spoke to the power of the maladjusted.
Tuesday History: Martin Luther King’s historic Montreat speech, part I
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we bring you our regularly scheduled Tuesday History post, one day early. On Aug. 21, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed an audience of nearly 3,000 people in Montreat Conference Center’s Anderson Auditorium. King, the keynote speaker for the Presbyterian Church’s annual Christian Action Conference, […]
Tuesday History: Police chief reflects on Will Harris murders, 66 years afterwards
On March 27, 1972, former Asheville Chief of Police (1905-1907), Silas G. Bernard, sent a 10-page letter to local attorney John C. Cheeseborough recounting the events of the night of the Will Harris murders, and the subsequent manhunt. Bernard was 96 years old when he composed the letter. Below are excerpts from Bernard’s written recollection. For those interested […]
Tuesday History: The murder of Will Harris, part III
We continue this week our examination of the murder of Will Harris, as reported on Nov. 15, 1906 in The Asheville Gazette News. This post builds on our previous two posts depicting the events leading up to and ensuing from Harris’ actions. For last week’s post, click here. The material for this article was made available […]
Tuesday History: Golf takes full swing in Asheville
Instead of one being regarded as a freak if he played golf…he became a patriot.
Tuesday History: Extra, extra, read all about it!
In this week’s section of Edwin Bedford Jeffress’ 1950 Asheville Citizen article, Jeffress recalls his time as an Asheville newspaperman.
Tuesday History: Pack Square…back when it was Court Square
“I remember Asheville in the days when the Courthouse occupied the Square, centered about the Vance Monument,” writes Edwin Bedford Jeffress.
Tuesday History: The sulphur springs of West Asheville
This week’s Tuesday History comes courtesy of Dr. David E. Whisnant. On his blog, Asheville Junction, the historian and Asheville native revisits West Asheville prior to the Civil War. He tells the little known story of Revolutionary War veteran Robert Henry, who in 1827 discovered a sulphur spring within the present-day boundary of Malvern Hills. By […]
