People standing on the sidewalk near Roland Jewelry in Asheville, NC

Dublin Core

Title

People standing on the sidewalk near Roland Jewelry in Asheville, NC

Subject

African Americans
Central business districts
Cities and towns
Commercial buildings
Street photography

Description

Several people standing on the sidewalk in 1957 in front of Roland Jewelry on Eagle Street in Asheville, NC. In 1960, the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality (ASCORE) began meeting in the back of Roland Jewelry to plan nonviolent civil rights protests, such as lunch counter sit-ins.

Creator

Rice, Isaiah

Source

Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection

Date

1957-04

Contributor

Waters, Darin J.
Waters, Marian R.

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Format

jpg
photographs

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

65796
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/65796

Access Rights

The donor retains all copyright. Please contact UNC Asheville Special Collections for permission to reproduce this photo.

Date Created

2015-11-24

Spatial Coverage

Asheville (N.C.)

Is Part Of

Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection

Citation

Rice, Isaiah, “People standing on the sidewalk near Roland Jewelry in Asheville, NC,” OAI, accessed May 8, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/65796.