This collection includes numerous newspaper clippings concerning the Young Men's Institute (YMI) in Asheville. Many African American women were involved with the YMI, including Oralene Simmons, Margaret Fuller, Wanda Henry-Coleman, and Ceretha Ann…
Various newspaper clippings concerning local African Americans. Those clippings concerning black women are entitled "Grand Opera House," "Asheville Woman Bought Husband, Then Sold Him," "Negro Groups View Civic Problems," "Mars Hill Will Admit First…