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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…

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…

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…

Newspaper article in Waynesville Mountaineer about Nat the Cat

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…

The Towne House might have been owned by Myrtle and Maude, but Elizabeth was the star, known throughout Haywood County for her cooking. Various white social and political groups held meetings here regularly, and other local big shots came to enjoy…

This was the original Johns Creek Baptist Church before it moved down the road.

The staff at the Towne House was largely integrated, giving African American employees the opportunity to express themselves through food. The owners of the Towne House, Myrtle and Maude Jones, got along well with Elizabeth. Elizabeth even helped…

The show begins with Amy’s story “Headlights on the Wall” about her early married life. The background music is “My Heart Will Go On” played on guitar. On Creative Corner, Doreyl spends time with poet Thomas Rain Crowe. They talk about Thomas Berry…