Pride of the Diamond: Looking back at Asheville’s pennant-winning Black baseball team
- Volume 28
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Cover Design Credit:
Scott Southwick
Cover Photography Credit:
National Baseball Hall of Fame
The Asheville Blues were one of the top all-Black baseball teams in the South during the 1940s, winning championships and sending players to the big leagues. For Black History Month, Xpress takes a look back at C.L. Moore’s powerful squad and its lasting legacy.
arts
Nikwasi Initiative efforts selected for new Smithsonian traveling museum
The community building between Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians members and white residents of Franklin will be honored in the Spark! Places of Innovation traveling museum.Local groups provide opportunities for emerging artists of color
A Different Myth and programs at Asheville Community Theatre and the YMI Cultural Center seek to help solve arts equity issues.Q&A: Tonia Plummer, operations manager at the YMI
Plummer shares her thoughts on the Young Men's Institute Cultural Center, which celebrated its 129th birthday Feb. 12.Around Town: Community workday celebrates Burton Street neighborhood
Asheville's historic Burton Street community will be the focus of Community Work Day. Plus, a Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center class teaches storytelling, a local author writes about zero-waste…
food
What’s new in food: Soul Food Supper celebrates Black History Month
Soul Food Supper returns to help celebrate Black History Month. Also: Hi-Wire Brewing celebrate Mardi Gras with a special beer release; Murasaki Asheville opens in Arden; and more!
living
How state law restricts WNC residents’ access to abortion
Although abortion is technically legal in the U.S., access varies widely. State laws dictate which specific procedures are allowed, which health care providers can perform them and even who can…
news
Asheville Archives: The Negro Welfare Council launches in Asheville, 1933
In the summer of 1933, the Negro Welfare Council was established and quickly made a positive impact in Asheville's Black neighborhoods.Revisiting Asheville’s Black baseball history
For a few years in the 1940s, Asheville was home to one of the top Black professional baseball teams in the South. Here's the story of the Asheville Blues.Buncombe floats $7.5 million pre-K expansion
Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, who chairs the county board’s Early Childhood and Development Committee, outlined a plan for $7.5 million in additional spending on pre-K expansion over the next two years.…Democratic NC14 candidates hold first Buncombe forum
Five Democratic candidates aiming to represent Buncombe County as part of North Carolina's 14th Congressional District participated in the forum held at the Ferguson Auditorium at A-B Tech.
opinion
Letter: Trees missing from sidewalk improvement plan
"If no accommodations are provided now as part of this project, there may never be a chance for this neighborhood and community to have the trees they deserve."Slinging zingers
Adding consult to injury
Letter: Tourists, the lifeblood of our community?
"Leaders shouldn’t be so focused on turning our area into an amusement park for those with disposable cash to drop on lodging and entertainment."
