Black Asheville

Board of Directors, Wilma Dykeman Legacy – Wilma Dykeman was, among other things, an educator.

Each Spring the members of Asheville’s Beta Lambda Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,

The history of White violence against Black people in America has been a constant since

For centuries of disenfranchisement, the Asheville City Council has apologized for its role in slavery,

Photos of the Black Lives Matter March held in Asheville, NC on July 4, 2020.

Video by Renato Rotolo

Today, June 19, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed Juneteenth in North Carolina, the oldest known

In a move that Commissioner Amanda Edwards says honors the newly adopted Strategic Plan, Commissioners

Juneteenth is a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance, and centers Black people’s

by Drs. Dwight and Dolly Mullen – An estimated 25,000 African Americans have died in

By JéWana Grier-McEachin – The number seven is often equated with rest or completion. June

The Equal Justice Institute in Montgomery, AL, has documented over 4,400 African Americans who were