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This document details the brief history of the Jones Temple AME Zion Church in Waynesville from its inception to the further establishment of leadership, community involvement and lasting impact in an area of North Carolina that was largely…

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…

It is a black and white photo of Mrs. Titus. Mrs. Titus was the principal of Allen Home High School. In this photo she is wearing glasses, earrings, and a black and white shirt.

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…

Color photo of Evangelist Lessie Williams speaking into a microphone.

This letter from Lin Forney, director of the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center to the Director of Haywood County details the progress of repair work at the Pigeon Center in July, 21, 2015. Forney requests grant money from Haywood…

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…