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The Gathering of the Elders
Elders gathered together to share their vast knowledge with the younger generation
Rev Bruce Edward Oliver and Deacon Johnny Allen baptizing Frankie Jones in Valley River.
River baptism
Rev Charlsie Sweat
Charlsie is the female assistant pastor in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Andrews, in Cherokee County.
Higher Education
Western Carolina University accepted the school’s first African American student in 1957. Levern Hamlin was the first black student to be admitted and enrolled in a predominantly white state-supported college in North Carolina, according to…
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Nat Lowery and Family
Nat Lowery and Family taken at family reunion
WNC Jivin'
Newspaper article in Waynesville Mountaineer about Nat the Cat
Homecoming queens
Five young women, one of whom is an African American, pictured for the Homecoming court at Tuscola High School in Waynesville.