Press

2021

UNC Asheville’s African Americans in Western North Carolina & Southern Appalachia Conference Explores Reparations and Racial Justice, Nov. 6 (UNC Asheville, Oct. 2021

2020

African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference returns online Oct. 16 (Mountain Xpress, Oct. 2020)

Now Online, Oct. 16 – UNC Asheville’s African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference Will Bring Together Scholars and Community (UNC Asheville, Sept. 2020)

2019

African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference Returns (Biltmore Beacon, Oct. 2019)

Fighting for the forgotten: Confronting the legacy of slavery (Mountain Xpress, Oct. 2019)

UNC Asheville to Host Sixth Annual African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference, Oct. 17-19, 2019 (UNC Asheville, Oct. 2019)

2018

Shiloh Elementary In Asheville: One Of The Historic Rosenwald Schools (Blue Ridge Public Radio, Dec. 2018)

The History Of Aid For African-Americans In WNC (Blue Ridge Public Radio, Dec. 2018)

African-Americans in WNC: Annual conference celebrates legacy (The Blue Banner, Oct. 2018)

Rethinking History: Annual conference spotlights story of African-Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia (Mountain Xpress, Oct. 2018)

Finding Affrilachia (WUNC 91.5, Oct. 2018)

BMC+AC Presents Jace Clayton Aka DJ /rupture In Multimedia Performance Honoring Jacob Lawrence (BroadwayWorld.com, Oct. 2018)

African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference (The Urban News, Oct. 2018)

UNC Asheville Hosts Fifth Annual African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference, Oct. 18-20, 2018 (UNC Asheville, Sept. 2018)

2017

Conference Ties African-American Past with Future (Mountain Xpress, Oct. 2017)

Fourth Annual African Americans in WNC and South Appalachia Conference Scheduled for Oct. 19-21 at YMI Cultural Center, UNC Asheville and The Collider (UNC Asheville, Sept. 2017)

UNC Asheville Awarded $700,000 Mellon Foundation Grant for Public Humanities and Community Engagement (UNC Asheville, 2017)

African Americans in WNC and South Appalachia Conference Coming in October (Asheville.com, Sept. 2017)

2016

Third Annual African Americans in WNC Conference happens next week (Mountain Xpress, Oct. 2016)