State of Black Asheville Records
UA4.6.4
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Historical Context/ Background Information
- Scope and Contents
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Collection Inventory
- Box 1: SOBA Conference
- Box 2: Student Papers
- Box 3: Student Papers and SOBA Demographics
- Box 4: SOBA Demographics
- Box 5: SOBA and Non-SOBA Class Work and Dr. Mullen's Documents
- Box 6: State of Black North Carolina and State of Black United States
- Box 7: Newspaper Articles and Student Art
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- University Archives - State of Black Asheville Records
- ID
- UA4.6.4
- Date [inclusive]
- 1998-2015
- Extent
- 2.5 Linear feet ; 7 boxes
- Location
- Located in Special Collections, Row 2, Section 3
- Physical Description
- Contains correspondence, student papers, student research, statistical data, online articles, personal papers, written notes, forms, maps, flyers, and newspapers.
- Language
- English
Historical Context/ Background Information
Both the State of Black Asheville course at UNC Asheville and the State of Black Asheville conference, also held at UNC Asheville, were started by Dr. Dwight Mullen in 2007. Dr. Mullen has been a part of the UNC Asheville community since 1984. He taught political science until his retirement in 2018. Though Dr. Mullen no longer teaches at UNC Asheville, the Mullen and James Lecture Hall serves as a physical marker of his legacy at the university. The State of Black Asheville, or SOBA, conference was implemented to encourage a community conversation that focuses on the status of African Americans living in Asheville and Buncombe County. These conferences occurred from 2007 to 2014. Key conference topics include public education, health care, criminal justice/law enforcement, and housing. Dr. Mullen recruited prominent figures of the Asheville community to contribute to the conversations at the SOBA conferences. Such figures include former Asheville City Mayor Terry Bellamy, former UNC Asheville Chancellor Ann Ponder, and former Asheville Police Chief Bill Hogan. Similar to the topics covered in the SOBA conferences, students in the State of Black Asheville course studied the status of African Americans in Asheville in regards to law enforcement, education, housing, economy, health, and cultural representation. The students were tasked with performing research on a specific area of discussion and turning this research into a final paper on their chosen topics. The SOBA course and the SOBA conference coincide with and represent Dr. Mullen’s activism in the African American community and his desire to bring awareness to issues that plague African Americans in Asheville and elsewhere.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains student papers, student research, statistical data, online articles, maps, written notes, forms, physical and email correspondence, flyers, personal papers, and newspapers pertaining to the State of Black Asheville collection put together by Dr. Mullen. The materials in this collection document the progression of Dr. Mullen’s State of Black Asheville course and State of Black Asheville conference. The materials also provide insight into the lives of African Americans in Asheville, and how various systems such as the criminal justice system and the education system affect the African American population disproportionately to other racial and ethnic groups in Asheville City and Buncombe County.
Arrangement
The State of Black Asheville collection consists of four main categories of materials. The materials in Box 1 correspond to the State of Black Asheville conference. The items in Boxes 2 through 5 reflect the materials used and produced in the State of Black Asheville course. The materials in Box 6 correspond to the State of Black North Carolina and the State of Black United States. And, Box 7 contains newspaper articles and student art.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500
One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Processing Information
Processed by Zaria White, Spring 2019
Collection Inventory
Box 1: SOBA Conference |
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Folder 1: SOBA Conference Planning, (2007-2014) |
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Folder 2: SOBA Conference Planning, (2007-2014) |
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Folder 3: SOBA Webinar Ideas, (2007) |
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Folder 4: SOBA Conference Correspondence, (2006-2014) |
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Folder 5: Student Contributions to SOBA Conference |
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Folder 6: SOBA Flyers and Agendas, (2007-2014) |
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Box 2: Student Papers |
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Folder 1: Student PowerPoints |
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Folder 2: Student PowerPoints |
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Folder 3: Student Papers: Black in Asheville, (2009-2014) |
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Folder 4: Student Papers: Criminal Justice, (2007-2013) |
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Folder 5: Student Papers: Economy, (2011-2013) |
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Folder 6: Student Papers: Education, (2007-2014) |
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Box 3: Student Papers and SOBA Demographics |
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Folder 1: Student Papers: Health, (2007-2014) |
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Folder 2: Student Papers: Housing, (2007-2012) |
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Folder 3: Student Papers: Housing, (2013-2015) |
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Folder 4: Demographics: African Americans in Asheville |
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Folder 5: Demographics: Criminal Justice, (2001-2011) |
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Folder 6: Demographics: Economy and Employment, (2005-2012) |
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Folder 7: Demographics: Education, (2000-2014) |
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Folder 8: Demographics: Test Scores, (1998-2011) |
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Box 4: SOBA Demographics |
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Folder 1: Education Programs, (1999-2011) |
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Folder 2: Demographics: Healthcare, (2004-2012) |
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Folder 3: Demographics: Housing, (2006-2011) |
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Folder 4: Maps of Asheville and Buncombe, (2005-2012) |
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Folder 5: Root Shock, (2008-2009) |
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Folder 6: Diversity and Community in Asheville, (2005-2014) |
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Folder 7: Economic and Demographic Highlights of Asheville and Buncombe County, (1992) |
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Box 5: SOBA and Non-SOBA Class Work and Dr. Mullen's Documents |
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Folder 1: SOBA Class Syllabi, (2007-2015) |
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Folder 2: Dr. Mullen's SOBA Class Notes, (2003-2014) |
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Folder 3: Student SOBA Class Notes, (2009-2014) |
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Folder 4: SOBA Undergraduate Research Symposium, (2012-2015) |
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Folder 5: Student Art |
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Folder 6: Alumna Work, (2015) |
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Folder 7: Non-SOBA Student Work, (1999-2011) |
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Folder 8: Dr. Mullen's Drafts |
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Folder 9: Dr. Mullen's Non-SOBA Notes |
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Folder 10: Dr. Mullen Citizen Times, (2003-2006) |
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Folder 11: Other Dr. Mullen Documents, (2008-2011) |
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Folder 12: Caldwell Award, (2014) |
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Box 6: State of Black North Carolina and State of Black United States |
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Folder 1: Student PowerPoints |
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Folder 2: Student Papers, (2015) |
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Folder 3: SOBNC Demographics, (2004-2014) |
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Folder 4: SOBNC Events |
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Folder 5: Southeastern Ecological Conference, (2008) |
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Folder 6: Western Carolina University SOCW635 Syllabus, (2014) |
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Folder 7: SOBUS Demographics, (1999-2010) |
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Folder 8: SOBUS, (2005-2014) |
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Folder 9: Freedom Marchers Paper |
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Box 7: Newspaper Articles and Student Art |
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Folder 1: SOBA Conference, (2007-2008) Includes commentary on and articles about the State of Black Asheville Conference |
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Folder 2: SOBA Community, Culture, and Race, (2007-2017) Includes articles about community activists such as former mayor Terry Bellamy, an article interviewing Deborah Miles who established the Center for Diversity Education at UNCA, an article about Shabazz Soul Food and the roots of Soul Food in Asheville |
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Folder 3: SOBA Community Initiatives, (1995-2016) Includes a newspaper from 1995 entitled The Asheville Buncombe Vision that details goals city and county officials desired to achieve, includes an article about Keynon Lake’s program “My Daddy Taught me.” |
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Folder 4: SOBA Criminal Justice, (2007-2017) Includes an article about gang activity in Asheville, articles about former Police Chief William J. Anderson, an article about the disparities in the frequencies of traffic stops between whites and blacks in Asheville. |
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Folder 5: SOBA Economy, (2007-2017) Includes an article about homelessness, an article about Asheville’s Minority Business Program, an article about how the SOBA Conference addresses the economic status of blacks in Asheville |
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Folder 6: SOBA Education, (2000-2017) Includes articles about the achievement gap in Asheville city schools, an article about dropout rates in the school system |
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Folder 7: SOBA Healthcare, (2000-2014) Includes an article about blacks’ limited access to proper healthcare, article about reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, an article about repatriation for victims of forced sterilization |
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Folder 8: SOBA History, (2007-2017) Includes articles about the history of primarily black neighborhoods in Asheville, articles commemorating desegregation in some public places such as Pack Memorial Library, an article about Isaac Dickson, articles about local slave history |
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Folder 9: SOBA Politics, (2007-2014) Includes an article about voter turnouts, an article about redistricting |
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Folder 10: SOBA Housing and Urban Renewal, (2007-2015) Includes an article about the City of Asheville’s donation of Urban Renewal Files to UNC Asheville, articles about urban renewal in Asheville’s Southside and East End neighborhoods, articles about I-26 construction |
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Folder 11: SOBNC Education, (1998-2001) Includes articles about statewide test scores, article about dropout rates |
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Folder 12: SOBUS Criminal Justice, (2001-2018) Includes an article by Dr. Dolly Jenkins-Mullen in which she addresses the connection between unemployment and the high number of blacks in jail, an article about the risk of driving while black |
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Folder 13: SOBUS Economy and Healthcare, (2001-2015) Includes an article reporting household incomes by state, an article about racial disparities in children’s access to medications for pain |
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Folder 14: SOBUS Education, (1999-2015) Includes an article about economic desegregation in schools, an article about the pros and cons of charter schools |
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Folder 15: SOBUS History and Culture, (2001-2017) Includes an article about Jewish people finding refuge in the Segregated South, an article about Dr. John Hope Franklin and his opinion on apologies for slavery, an article about a family tracing its history from slavery up until President Obama’s inauguration |
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Folder 16: SOBUS Politics, (2001-2016) Includes an article about voter turnouts in Ferguson, Missouri, an article about voter suppression among minorities |
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Folder 17: SOBUS Race, (2008-2017) Includes an article about tensions between minorities, articles about hate groups in the United States, articles about immigration |
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Folder 18: Student Art |
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