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It is a photo of the historic Colonial Theater in Canton, North Carolina

A newspaper article

Audio recording of Agnes Bryson retelling her life.

The graduating class of Reynolds High School, class of ‘64, was a product of school segregation in Haywood County, N.C. Though Brown Vs. Board paved the way for school integration in 1954, state governments implemented integration slowly across the…

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…

Reverand William E. Staley is the current pastor at Jones Temple AME Zion Church in Waynesville, NC. A figure of authority and inspiration since 1990, Reverand Staley is very respected and admired by his congregation in Haywood County and acts as the…

J.W. Hood (James Walker)-(1831-1918) Educator, Bishop, and author of Sketch of the Early History of the African American Episcopal Zion Church (1914). Hood resided in North Carolina from 1863 until his death in 1918, and was a prominent figure in…

This newspaper article from the Waynesville Mountaineer highlights Jones Temple AME Zion Church and its history in Haywood County. Despite dropping membership over the past decade, the spirits of the congregation are high. In the article, Rev.…

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…