Twilight of a Neighborhood: Asheville’s East End, 1970
from staff reports
In 1963, James Baldwin famously summarized urban renewal: “Urban renewal means black removal.” It happened here, in the East End.
What was life in the East End like before urban renewal? How did it happen? How were residents affected? What was lost? What can we learn from this experience? Join the discussion — help tell the story, help build the legacy!
Twilight Team: Andrea Clark, photographer; Henry Robinson,
journalist & historian; Pat Griffin, Stephens-Lee Alumni
Association; Betsy Murray, Pack Library; Sarah Judson, historian, UNCA;
Deborah Miles, The Center for Diversity Education; Rob Amberg,
documentary photographer; Karen Loughmiller, Project Director, West
Asheville Branch Library.
Twilight Project Contacts: Karen Loughmiller (828) 250-4750
[email protected] Pack Library (828) 250-4750
[email protected]
Upcoming Events
A Village Raising: Childhood and Parenting in the East End.
Stephens-Lee Alumni Association Room, Stephens-Lee Recreation Center,
30 GW Carver Avenue, Asheville. Tuesday, January 6, 10-11:30 a.m. and
Tuesday, January 13, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Buncombe Co. Public Libraries, The Stephens-Lee
Alumni Association, The Center for Diversity Education, The NC
Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
