WILMA DYKEMAN LEGACY
MOUNTAIN STRONG series of occasional events
at the WEAVERVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER
Facing Our History: Storytelling November 6th 7-8:30pm
This program focuses on the 1927 lynching of Broadus Miller near Marion, North Carolina, and the local 1897 lynching of Bob Brackett along Reems Creek in the Weaverville area.
Kevin Young, the author of The Violent World of Broadus Miller, will put the lynching of Broadus Miller in historical context.
Forrest Weaver will present background about the Weaverville Black community,
Jonathan McCoy will describe the Equal Justice Initiative.
Meta Commerce will sing and read a poem, and Jim Stokely will tell the story of the Bob Brackett lynching. We have planned a rich and informative program.
We hope you can be with us to unveil this long hidden history.
FACING OUR HISTORY
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Program
7:00 – 7:15 Welcome Forrest Weaver Hillside Community
7:15 – 7:20 “Fix Me”
Meta Commerse
Story Medicine Worldwide
7:20 – 7:35 Equal Justice Initiative
Jonathan McCoy
Mars Hill University
7:35 – 7:40 “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”
Meta Commerse
7:40 – 8:10 The Violent World of Broadus Miller
Dr. Kevin Young
Appalachian State University
8:10 – 8:15 “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See”
Meta Commerse
8:15 – 8:30 The Lynching of Bob Brackett (5 miles from here)
Jim Stokely
Wilma Dykeman Legacy
Those who need to leave may do so.
8:30 – Discussion
(including a poem read by Meta Commerse)
