{"id":56851,"date":"2023-02-20T13:11:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=56851"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:11:51","slug":"history-feature-black-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/lifestyle\/history-feature-black-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"History Feature: Black Bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A Hendersonville Community Razed by Urban Renewal<\/h3>\n<p>By Lauren Stepp<\/p>\n<p>Donnie Parks remembers the first time he felt judged for living in the \u201cbad\u201d part of town. It was a stormy day in 1965. Because of the weather, two white teachers from the Rosa Edwards School had offered to drive Parks and his twin brother home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56855\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56855\" class=\"wp-image-56855\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Ulysses-Clyde-Mills-Sr.-Cauleys-grandfather.-Photo-courtesy-of-Crystal-Cauley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ulysses Clyde Mills, Sr., Cauley\u2019s grandfather. Photo courtesy of Crystal Cauley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A fourth grader at the time, Parks was proud of the small rock house he shared with his mother, aunt and 10 siblings in Hendersonville. But when the car wheezed to a stop that afternoon, the teachers didn\u2019t see the well-kept neighborhood or the quaint cottage fringed with stunning rose bushes. Instead, their eyes fixated on a broken windowpane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Look at that,\u2019\u201d Parks remembers one of the women tut-tutting as she pointed to the window. \u201c\u2018What chance do these boys have of ever becoming anything?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parks wanted to defend himself. He wanted to tell the teachers that his siblings had smashed the glass during a lively game of Batman. He wanted to announce that he would, in fact, make something of himself. But instead, he thanked the women for the ride and quietly stepped out into the pouring rain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll they saw was a Black family in a house with a broken window,\u201d says Parks, who became Hendersonville\u2019s first Black police chief in 1987. He served for 20 years. \u201cOur home was beautiful. But they didn\u2019t see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parks lived in Black Bottom, a predominantly African American community bounded by South Church Street, Kanuga Road and East Barnwell Street. According to Henderson County\u2019s Black History Research Committee, Black Bottom emerged in the 1940s where Hot Dog World and the Chamber of Commerce stand today. Parks describes the area as \u201cclean, neat and close-knit.\u201d Everybody knew one another, he says.<\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood consisted of several businesses including an Esso, Leslie\u2019s Grocery, Oates Paint and Body Shop and a boarding house run by Estelle Ballard. There were also dozens of stilt houses occupied by quiet, blue-collar people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome neighbors got into trouble here and there, but for the most part it was a peaceful area,\u201d says Parks. \u201cMost people worked, came home and spent time with their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Star of Bethel Baptist Church was another important facet of life in Black Bottom. According to Parks, the pastor often made house visits and members of the congregation weren\u2019t afraid to pipe up when kids were misbehaving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56854\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56854\" class=\"wp-image-56854\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.--225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.--768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.--1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.--810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/History-Star-of-Bethel-Baptist-Church.-Photo-by-Ashley-Espey.--1140x1520.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star of Bethel Baptist Church. Photo by Ashley Epsey<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alas, this village-like ethos was fleeting. During Urban Renewal in the 1970s, homes in Black Bottom were deemed uninhabitable and consequently razed. With nowhere else to go, displaced families settled into public housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile some families were offered a small amount of money to relocate, others were simply asked to move,\u201d says Crystal Cauley, manager of the Black History Collective of Henderson County.<\/p>\n<p>Cauley\u2019s family experienced Urban Renewal firsthand. As residents of Black Bottom, they were forced to leave the place\u2014and people\u2014they knew and loved. This left scars, says Cauley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrican Americans were traumatized,\u201d she notes. \u201cAfter Urban Renewal, the sense of closeness and community was gone. And we can never get that back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parks, who moved into public housing when he was 12, agrees that the tenor of Black Bottom can never be recovered. However, he does believe better efforts can be made to remember the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHendersonville has been dismissive of Black heritage,\u201d says Parks. \u201cBut if we\u2019re going to respect one another, we need to build and preserve history together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on the Black Bottom neighborhood, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/BlackHistories.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlackHistories.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donnie Parks remembers the first time he felt judged for living in the \u201cbad\u201d part of town. It was a stormy day in 1965. Because of the weather, two white teachers from the Rosa Edwards School had offered to drive Parks and his twin brother home.  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