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- Collection: "Lift Every Voice": African-American History in Haywood County
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What does AME Zion mean?
An easy guide to understand the exact definition of the AME Zion Church in general. AME Zion Churches exist all across the United States, South America, Africa and the West Indies and numbers over a million members in America, establishing itself as…
WNC Jivin'
Newspaper article in Waynesville Mountaineer about Nat the Cat
Woven napkins, African-American theme
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called…
Woven napkins, African-American theme pattern
These images of an African American woman was used as a pattern for hand woven linens produced and sold by the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. between 1925 and 1942. The Spinning Wheel was opened as a weaving studio and regional craft shop in…
Woven napkins, African-American theme pattern
These images of an African American man was used as a pattern for hand woven linens produced and sold by the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. between 1925 and 1942. The Spinning Wheel was opened as a weaving studio and regional craft shop in…