A recently-unveiled collection of photos reveals a new look at black and working class Asheville in the 20th century, and adds a major chapter to the city’s history Above: Photo of an Asheville congregation. All photos from the Isaiah Rice collection, D.H. Ramsey UNCA Special Collection. Used with permission. Isaiah Rice

An important correction, in light of additional evidence, about the misidentification of Isaac Dickson in historic photographs with Theodore Roosevelt Above: bodyguard Frank Tyree, at left, with President Theodore Roosevelt while he reviews the Chickamauga battlefield, 1902. New evidence has led local researchers and historians to identify this as a

[IMPORTANT: additional evidence and research has revealed that the figure identified as Isaac Dickson in this piece was instead Roosevelt bodyguard Frank Tyree. For more on this correction, see here.] Recently found images of legendary African-American leader Isaac Dickson with Theodore Roosevelt shed new light on an important chapter in

The historian and UNCA professor on African-Americans in WNC, facing the reality of American tragedy and the importance of power and democracy in public spaces Above: Darin Waters speaking at a Martin Luther King Day event at Kenilworth Presbyterian. Photo by Max Cooper. From informing Ashevillians about the reality of