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Written & Spoken Word
With Fire and Sword: The Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780
by Wilma Dykeman
There, on an early October afternoon 5 years after the beginning of the Revolution, [occurred] a confrontation that marked a turning point in the war.
Social Justice
My Story - Mary Othella Burnette
Mary Othella Burnette
"I was born into a small, close-knit African American community of the Swannanoa Valley..."
Social Justice
Darin Waters on Wilma Dykeman and Neither Black Nor White - Part Two
Video of Dr. Waters' 9/29/13 talk on Wilma Dykeman as Journalist - Part Two
"For me, the work that Wilma Dykeman and her husband did represents an effort to force the Southern region at that time to face itself."
Social Justice
Darin Waters on Wilma Dykeman and Neither Black Nor White - Part One
Video of Dr. Waters' 9/29/13 talk on Wilma Dykeman as Journalist - Part One
"It was her passion that enabled her to be so productive over the course of her lifetime."
Environmental Integrity
Wind Energy - The Basics
The Basics
Currently, there are utility-scale wind plants in 41 states that have created more than 100,000 jobs for Americans.
Environmental Integrity
Solar Energy - The Basics
The Basics
The amount of sunlight that strikes Earth's surface in one hour and a half is enough to handle the entire world's energy consumption for a full year.
Written & Spoken Word
Moby Dick - Chapter Two
Chapter Two as read by Rick Kisner
"Moving on, I at last came to a dim sort of light not far from the docks, and heard a forlorn creaking in the air..."
Written & Spoken Word
Moby Dick - Chapter One
Loomings
"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse..."
Written & Spoken Word
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Zora Neale Hurston - Part Two
Sharon Jones on Hurston's autobiography: Dust Tracks on a Road
"I was born in a Negro town," wrote Hurston on the first page of her autobiography. "I do not mean by that the black back-side of an average town."
Written & Spoken Word
Zora Neale Hurston - Part One
Sharon Jones on Hurston's Life and Achievements
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison called Zora Neale Hurston "One of the greatest writers of our time," yet she died in a Florida welfare home.
Environmental Integrity
The River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina - Part Two
Who revived the French Broad River?
"The Wilma Dykeman Greenway opened with a month of celebrations in 2021 that began on Earth Day and ended on May 20, its namesake's birthday."
Environmental Integrity
The River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina - Part One
Who killed the French Broad River?
"By the 1950s, Asheville's rapid population growth turned the French Broad River into an open cesspool in the form of floating sewage..."
