Cultural Life

Cultural Life

Photo Credit: The Tams Band, Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection

Cultural Life

Chauffeurs and Merry Garden Casino

Henderson County’s licensed chauffeurs included several African Americans like Fred Potts.  The Merry Garden Casino in Flat Rock attracted nationally ...

Sandra Suber of Lanodell’s Hat Shop

Mrs. Sandra Suber provided the community with beautiful hats from her shop in Mills River. https://theurbannews.com/our-town/2017/my-story-my-journey/ ...

Ashes to Ashes A Spoken Word by Crystal Cauley

Poem by Crystal Cauley Interpretative dance and video produced by Indian Jackson Courtesy of Black History Collective of Henderson County, ...

Kwanzaa in Hendersonville

Some African American families in Henderson county are starting to celebrate Kwanzaa, a unique African-American celebration that focuses on the ...

We Shall Overcome, a video recording by the Rev. Odell Suber Jr.

The Rev. Odell Suber Jr. made this heartfelt recording for Hendersonville's 2021 Martin Luther King Day celebration. The faith-filled words ...

Playing the Game

...ooh Mar-r-y Mack, Mack, Mack...all dressed in black, black, black...with sil~ ver buttons, buttons, buttons... If you can finish that rhyme, ...
Choir

The Contemporary First Missionary Baptist Church – We need your Spirit

A video of a song from The Contemporary First Missionary Baptist Church. Click here to listen! ...

Mother’s Words of Wisdom

Mother’s Words of Wisdom       Every shut eye ain’t sleeping.           Mrs. Olivia McMinn    ...