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Mapping Downtown Asheville Through Protest: Black Lives Matter and Public Spaces

This is a guest post by Nathan H. Dize, a PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at

And although it seems heaven sent We ain’t ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain’t a secret don’t

July 4 is not normally a day that we associate with black history. The “we” here refers both to the

Sandra Bland died one year ago today, July 13, 2015. As we remember Bland’s death, we also commemorate her life.

This has been an especially difficult few weeks for those with any investment in social justice, black families and black