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The building that would eventually become Jones Temple AME Zion Church was first built in 1855 and used by Waynesville First Methodist until 1883, when a new church was built just off Pigeon Street. Jones Temple AME Zion Church broke off from…

This movie poster from the 1934 movie "Judge Priest" is notable for its inclusion of Stepin Fetchit on its list of stars. Barely any black actors were ever billed at all, and achieving fame was incredibly hard. Stepin Fetchit, however, managed to…

Elizabeth was diagnosed with cancer in 1950. Not long after, she began travelling to Chapel Hill for treatment. She eventually moved to Chapel Hill, to be near one of her sisters, after her daughter, Georgia, married and began to start her own…

Levern Hamlin of Mecklenburg County was the first African American student to be admitted to Western Carolina College in 1957. Hamlin was already a public school teacher, and applied to the college to qualify for an advanced teaching certificate. Her…

Photos of the Lowery family and newspaper article about 'Nat the Cat'

Nat Lowery and Family taken at family reunion

Nat the Cat in his DJ booth at WWIT.

Featured in the photo are Nathaniel and Alice Lowery. Both are people are ahead of their time in regards to the fact that for one Nathaniel was widely known black DJ that introduced black jazz and pop music radio world. Alice Lowery became important…

A newspaper article