2019 Goombay Celebration
Bringing it Back to the Block, September 20, 21 & 22, 2019. Goombay Celebration will
Black Asheville
Burton Street Agriculture Fair
Celebrating 107 Years of Community. The Buncombe County District Agricultural Fair was established in 1913
My Sistah Taught Me That to Host Fashion Show
The theme for this year is Black Girl Magic. Asheville-based nonprofit My Sistah Taught Me
Fletcher Town Council Race
With less than a month left before the primary election for Fletcher Town Council, we
African American Resilience Program at UNCA
A commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in
Hill Street Church Holds Installation Service
Hill Street Baptist Church of Asheville, NC held the fourth installation service in the church’s
Buncombe County Announces New Assistant County Managers
After a lengthy national search, Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder announced that Dakisha Wesley and
Sharon Kelly West Reappointed to NC Commission for Public Health
N.C. Governor Roy Cooper has re-appointed Asheville community leader Dr. Sharon Kelly West to the
Henderson County Politics
Two prominent African American residents of Henderson County have announced their candidacies in this fall’s
Transforming Hate
Clarissa Sligh is one of 50 artists whose work has been selected for the Asheville
Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School & Mt. Olive Church Homecoming
The Mount Olive Baptist Church and the committee to rehabilitate the historic Mars Hill Anderson
EEVS Community Heritage Festival
The East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival, August 2019 (PDF) Visit www.eastendvalleystreet.org
